Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Arany ​enklávék by Naomi Novik

78 reviews

brittbee07's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I did not enjoy this story as much as I enjoyed the first two in the series. I felt there was a wonderful plot, but the characters got a bit in the way. There were too many secondary players that never really felt necessary (outside of MacGuffin status). Ophelia seemed like a phoned-in villain that was far too easy to defeat and the "twist" with Orion felt forced.

I also didn't like that, even though there is a lot of work ahead of them, the story was neatly tied up without a lot of effort on the part of El. It just seemed too easy and fell into place too quickly. I appreciated there wasn't a big hoopla to get the other Enclaves to support her, but it felt like the elders of the enclaves were too willing to trust the kids who had just escaped the Scholomance instead of using their own thoughts and intuition.
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saaraah's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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sparklefarm's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Oh mannnnnnnnn I really liked this one. Bravo to the whole series! I enjoyed the way the twists and reveals worked themselves out in this final book.
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geckotigerwolf's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Really enjoyed the first two up until the ending of the second which was confusing and seemingly nonsensical. Glad I stuck with it, this was everything I loved about the earlier books and the book two ending was fixed in book three as well.

I love latter books of a series that cause you to have horrifying realisations about the earlier books, and this had them in spades. 
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chris_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional lighthearted sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Anyone else can't stand Liesel? She caused this book to take me days longer than I would have. 

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mersadies's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Absolutely loved how it ended and all of the complex  details coming together but getting there was sometimes rough. Really great storytelling though overall
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searchandrescueteam's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This is the final of the Scholomance trilogy and I read it in about two days (I was on leave!).  I think if you have read the previous two books - your understanding of the Scholomance world is deeper, but it’s not essential to reading this book.  Understanding the extremes of the Scholomance world certainly helps understanding of the characters’ motivations, actions and frustrations.
Again, the author works with the complexities of friendships, alliances, cliques, conspiracies.  Another layer is added - as she walks through power (its use and abuse) and hierarchies.  The impact of a single person, with and without the support of others (a few and many) gives the reader much to reflect on.
It’s not a gentle book, not a walk-in-the-park.  But I was glad to read it.
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merisavale's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

LOVED. Such a good ending to the trilogy, it all wrapped up so nicely while still leaving some some stuff open ended. 
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dreamofbookspines's review against another edition

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medium-paced

4.5

Torn between 4 and 4.5. It did end up bugging me a bit throughout this series that nothing was really explained in terms of what exactly the mals were. I appreciated the schematic drawings at the end. This was a REALLY good end to the series.
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atypicalley's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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