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The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy, #1)

Marie Rutkoski

Start date: April 1, 2014

Finish date: May 1, 2014

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Mar 30, 2022 Molly Mortensen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: reviews, young-adult, fantasy, dystopian, contest, owned, own-hc, 2022, own-ya

Trigger warning: attempted rape

From the first page it's obvious how well written this book is. The author definitely has skill.

The Bad: (More the just okay rather than bad.)

The world itself was nothing special, and there were no real fantasy elements besides the fictional setting.

The first half was slower paced, but not boring. Oddly enough, it was more boring once things picked up. (view spoiler) ...more

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Jul 15, 2014 Monika rated it liked it

Shelves: books-i-own

Oh god I don't even know where to began from.

My expectations from this book were so high up in the sky, shining like a goddamn diamond, and now then they pretty much fell crashing down at a velocity so high, they went straight through the fucking earth.

RATING: 3.5 stars

“The Winner’s Curse is when you come out on top of the bid, but only by paying a steep price.”

The book from the start felt dull to me, I don't know whether it was the whole setting of the background, or the people, Kestrel, ...more

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