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acedimski 's review for:
The Beautiful
by Renée Ahdieh
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This book is the proof on how false marketing could potentially destroy a good story instead of helping it. What I gather from most reviews is that people feel disappointed & disliked the book as it didn‘t meet ther expectations of being the vampire book that was promised. While I truly understand the disappointment, I have to say that this book deserves to be read.
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Despite not being the promised vampire book, this was definitely an unique & beautiful story set in historical New Orleans including just enough paranormal elements to make this book worthy of my time. Ahdieh‘s writing is beautiful & to some point poetical & fits the dark but magical atmosphere that should be an own character itself due to its liveliness.
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This story definitely works as an intense build-up to what is supposed to follow, which will definitely be a more vampire focused plot. I do appreciate the time Ahdieh took to create a more complex world than one would first believe it is. She transformed New Orleans in a place not only ruled by the dead but also by secrets & different clans that aren‘t easy to understand or see. Following Celine‘s POV, we struggle as her to see through the masks of the inhuman people around her, not knowing for sure who is a mere mortal or more. This makes the whole experience authentic & real, & makes me crave for the next book. Wanting to see how everything will unfold.
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This isn‘t a typical supernatural romance but more of a complex story that feels real & justified as it always bothered me how fast heroines discovered secrets of their vampire friends or love interests & were part of it. Trying to understand this from a more realistic point, it surely makes more sense that events would unfold the way they did in The Beautiful.
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All in one, this book is a great for the start of the vampire era coming back in literature as it dives deeper into the complexity, building up the world properly without giving away too much. Leaving the false marketing aside, this book is an unique way of creating a vampire story without following the usual „vampire-ish tropes“ but focusing on the emotions & relationships as well as on the worldbuilding and history!
This book is the proof on how false marketing could potentially destroy a good story instead of helping it. What I gather from most reviews is that people feel disappointed & disliked the book as it didn‘t meet ther expectations of being the vampire book that was promised. While I truly understand the disappointment, I have to say that this book deserves to be read.
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Despite not being the promised vampire book, this was definitely an unique & beautiful story set in historical New Orleans including just enough paranormal elements to make this book worthy of my time. Ahdieh‘s writing is beautiful & to some point poetical & fits the dark but magical atmosphere that should be an own character itself due to its liveliness.
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This story definitely works as an intense build-up to what is supposed to follow, which will definitely be a more vampire focused plot. I do appreciate the time Ahdieh took to create a more complex world than one would first believe it is. She transformed New Orleans in a place not only ruled by the dead but also by secrets & different clans that aren‘t easy to understand or see. Following Celine‘s POV, we struggle as her to see through the masks of the inhuman people around her, not knowing for sure who is a mere mortal or more. This makes the whole experience authentic & real, & makes me crave for the next book. Wanting to see how everything will unfold.
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This isn‘t a typical supernatural romance but more of a complex story that feels real & justified as it always bothered me how fast heroines discovered secrets of their vampire friends or love interests & were part of it. Trying to understand this from a more realistic point, it surely makes more sense that events would unfold the way they did in The Beautiful.
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All in one, this book is a great for the start of the vampire era coming back in literature as it dives deeper into the complexity, building up the world properly without giving away too much. Leaving the false marketing aside, this book is an unique way of creating a vampire story without following the usual „vampire-ish tropes“ but focusing on the emotions & relationships as well as on the worldbuilding and history!