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laralarks 's review for:
The Ghosts of Rose Hill
by R.M. Romero
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I inhaled this book.
This is one of the INCREDIBLY! FEW! Novels in verse that are fantasy, and I was so excited to be given this book for that reason. Romero did an excellent job of giving her readers the information they needed to jump on the ride with her without overloading the poetry with exposition. I loved the central romance, loved how environmental and vital the setting felt to the story, and loved how Romero tied her story to her own experiences.
My final star stays in limbo for the core ‘want’ of the character and its opposition feeling a little….vague? I understand the ‘useful degree vs art degree’ struggle is a conflict as old as time and is a very real parent/child conflict, but I struggled to connect with the motivation for both parties, and why its inevitable solution was…sending a girl to Prague to be minimally supervised by the ‘bad influence art aunt.’ I wish this conflict and its result felt more grounded in the book. It’s rare to find a book where the fantasy elements feel more solid than the realism ones, but this is one of them for me.
Would recommend to a total stranger with feral enthusiasm nevertheless.
This is one of the INCREDIBLY! FEW! Novels in verse that are fantasy, and I was so excited to be given this book for that reason. Romero did an excellent job of giving her readers the information they needed to jump on the ride with her without overloading the poetry with exposition. I loved the central romance, loved how environmental and vital the setting felt to the story, and loved how Romero tied her story to her own experiences.
My final star stays in limbo for the core ‘want’ of the character and its opposition feeling a little….vague? I understand the ‘useful degree vs art degree’ struggle is a conflict as old as time and is a very real parent/child conflict, but I struggled to connect with the motivation for both parties, and why its inevitable solution was…sending a girl to Prague to be minimally supervised by the ‘bad influence art aunt.’ I wish this conflict and its result felt more grounded in the book. It’s rare to find a book where the fantasy elements feel more solid than the realism ones, but this is one of them for me.
Would recommend to a total stranger with feral enthusiasm nevertheless.