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3.5 *
Before anything I want to say that there should be trigger warning for scary kids, I'm more afraid of children in horror stories than crazy clowns and this book prologue had the worst, if anyone knows me well enough they would know that I don't get easily scared but I'm afraid of psychological abuse more than anything in life and this just was so much, from there on I just had this eeire feeling for the rest of the book.
This book felt like so much but not enough at the same time, a bit of ...more
Before anything I want to say that there should be trigger warning for scary kids, I'm more afraid of children in horror stories than crazy clowns and this book prologue had the worst, if anyone knows me well enough they would know that I don't get easily scared but I'm afraid of psychological abuse more than anything in life and this just was so much, from there on I just had this eeire feeling for the rest of the book.
This book felt like so much but not enough at the same time, a bit of ...more
As in Graceling, the depth of the characters and the complexities of their relationships drive this book and make it rich and wonderful.
Leck felt like the pure personification of evil, essentially from the moment of his birth, and I was glad when the book moved away from him to deal with Fire and the other inhabitants of the Dells. But having already read Graceling, I kept waiting for what I expected would be a little more resolution or explanation about Leck before the book was over.
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Leck felt like the pure personification of evil, essentially from the moment of his birth, and I was glad when the book moved away from him to deal with Fire and the other inhabitants of the Dells. But having already read Graceling, I kept waiting for what I expected would be a little more resolution or explanation about Leck before the book was over.
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The story line was interesting. I found Archer and his jealous tantrums in the first half of the book tiring. The casual attitude toward sex and infidelity was very prominent and seems to fit more in an adult novel than in a young adult novel. And I admit it bothers me that one of these sexual relationships was between a 15 year old girl (with very adult responsibilities but she was still just 15) and an adult prominent male. Over all I found the first half of the book to be a bit slow and tedio
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Apr 15, 2010
Amelia
marked it as to-read
Dec 22, 2010
Judith De Anda
marked it as to-read
Jan 25, 2011
Kaylee
marked it as to-read
Apr 28, 2011
Melisa
marked it as to-read
Jun 08, 2011
Amanda
marked it as to-read
Nov 06, 2011
Poppel
marked it as probably-not
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Jun 13, 2012
Kari
marked it as to-read
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Nov 24, 2015
Jenny
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it was amazing
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Jul 07, 2016
Angela Bagwell
marked it as to-read
