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amrabad's Reviews (433)
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Bella is a terrible friend and forgot her own personality as soon as a pretty boy that wasn’t one of the other five boys in love with her decided to be moody, cryptic and threatening in her direction. Good thing he’s a cold marble made of glitter and Greek god. Every time she said his voice and laugh were musical all I could think of was wind chimes. It was dumb and bad and I will be reading the next one, but keep your cold lips to yourself.
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:
No
I loved the longer book as much as the shorter ones. I’m so excited to see what happens next in the series.
lighthearted
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:
No
Better than anticipated. Also had some incredible puns.
medium-paced
I do not have the chemistry capabilities to understand any of this.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
What a cute little book. It was funny and thoughtful and I really liked the characters.
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I genuinely felt uneasy listening to this, but like in the best way
fast-paced
I was let down by this. I get that there are a lot of cursed things out there, but it would’ve been nice to learn more about fewer things. I listened to this and the narration was good. Each chapter was about a different cursed object. A majority of the chapters were only about 6 minutes and there was A LOT of chapters.
Aside from too much and not enough info at the same time, I wonder about whether or not I can trust the research behind the factoids. In the chapter about the Ring of Silvianus he mentioned that it inspired Tolkien’s One Ring and he said the ring was made by dwarves. If you know anything about LotR you know that’s wrong and that’s a very easy fact to check. He also mentioned in the chapter about Little Mannie with his daddy’s horns he said “I assume” in regards to why it was named that. Do you assume because you didn’t do the research or because it is unknown why? If it’s unknown, just say that.
Ultimately, I only finished it because I wanted something in the background while working on a project. I really don’t remember anything about any of the cursed objects and don’t feel like I gained anything by reading this book. It had so much potential to be morbidly interesting, but here we are feeling underwhelmed instead.
Aside from too much and not enough info at the same time, I wonder about whether or not I can trust the research behind the factoids. In the chapter about the Ring of Silvianus he mentioned that it inspired Tolkien’s One Ring and he said the ring was made by dwarves. If you know anything about LotR you know that’s wrong and that’s a very easy fact to check. He also mentioned in the chapter about Little Mannie with his daddy’s horns he said “I assume” in regards to why it was named that. Do you assume because you didn’t do the research or because it is unknown why? If it’s unknown, just say that.
Ultimately, I only finished it because I wanted something in the background while working on a project. I really don’t remember anything about any of the cursed objects and don’t feel like I gained anything by reading this book. It had so much potential to be morbidly interesting, but here we are feeling underwhelmed instead.
medium-paced
dark
fast-paced
I know it’s an allegory to Russia, but I’ve watched a lot of cult documentaries and it seems to apply to a lot of that too.