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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
4 stars, but a five in my heart.
I'll admit, as a Brave superfan, my expectations for Bravely were incredibly high. Given that I knew how much I enjoyed the author's other books, this just made those expectations higher. However, I will say, Stiefvater somewhat struggles with writing female main characters. I found Merida not as exciting as her other counterparts in the story, and that made the story not quite as fantastic as I expected. The pacing here was a bit odd, focusing on the more boring bits for longer than the more interesting. As the author has written mythology based stories before, I was a bit surprised by the somewhat lack of magic this writing had for me.
Did I dislike this book? Not at all. The ending is what makes me want to make this a 5 star read and throw my CAWPILE rating away. The book made me tear up more than once, and I was invested in the story. This book was truly a joy to read and if you are someone who loves the movie, I think you'll enjoy this continuation of Merida's story- especially if you wanted a bit more of the triplets than you got in the original movie.
as CAWPILE: Characters: 8 | Atmosphere: 9 | Writing: 7 | Plot: 8 | Intrigue: 9 | Logic: 9 | Enjoyment: 9
total: 8.57 - 4stars (but it's a 5 in my heart)
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
4 stars, but a five in my heart.
I'll admit, as a Brave superfan, my expectations for Bravely were incredibly high. Given that I knew how much I enjoyed the author's other books, this just made those expectations higher. However, I will say, Stiefvater somewhat struggles with writing female main characters. I found Merida not as exciting as her other counterparts in the story, and that made the story not quite as fantastic as I expected. The pacing here was a bit odd, focusing on the more boring bits for longer than the more interesting. As the author has written mythology based stories before, I was a bit surprised by the somewhat lack of magic this writing had for me.
Did I dislike this book? Not at all. The ending is what makes me want to make this a 5 star read and throw my CAWPILE rating away. The book made me tear up more than once, and I was invested in the story. This book was truly a joy to read and if you are someone who loves the movie, I think you'll enjoy this continuation of Merida's story- especially if you wanted a bit more of the triplets than you got in the original movie.
as CAWPILE: Characters: 8 | Atmosphere: 9 | Writing: 7 | Plot: 8 | Intrigue: 9 | Logic: 9 | Enjoyment: 9
total: 8.57 - 4stars (but it's a 5 in my heart)
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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This book was interesting, and it's a bit hard to describe what kind of book it is. The formatting was actually really consumable, the different points of view portrayed as auditory interviews. This made the pacing quick and the layout of the plot well done. Admittedly though, I was frustrated by how long it took to find out what happened. Once I got 50% in and knew what happened and then learned the heavier parts of it - I was invested. However, any book that takes that long for me to get invested... feels eh to me.
This book tackles the incredibly complex subject that is biphobia and the experiences of queer femmes who date cishet men while showing the viewpoints of those who participate in said biphobia. I feel like it did this well, however, at times it did feel a little "much"- like identities were more important than plot, at times.
as CAWPILE: Characters: 7 | Atmosphere: 8 | Writing: 8 | Plot: 5 | Intrigue: 5 | Logic: 8 | Enjoyment: 5
Total: 6.57 / 3 stars
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This book was interesting, and it's a bit hard to describe what kind of book it is. The formatting was actually really consumable, the different points of view portrayed as auditory interviews. This made the pacing quick and the layout of the plot well done. Admittedly though, I was frustrated by how long it took to find out what happened. Once I got 50% in and knew what happened and then learned the heavier parts of it - I was invested. However, any book that takes that long for me to get invested... feels eh to me.
This book tackles the incredibly complex subject that is biphobia and the experiences of queer femmes who date cishet men while showing the viewpoints of those who participate in said biphobia. I feel like it did this well, however, at times it did feel a little "much"- like identities were more important than plot, at times.
as CAWPILE: Characters: 7 | Atmosphere: 8 | Writing: 8 | Plot: 5 | Intrigue: 5 | Logic: 8 | Enjoyment: 5
Total: 6.57 / 3 stars
