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Glass and Bone by Celaena Cuico

7 reviews

lynn787's review

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dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

A little more dark than my regular read. Had to push through for this one but I wanted to see how it ended. Not great for any of the characters honestly.
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lochnessmonster's review

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dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.5

Purely SA with a side of convoluted plot. 

I love me some dark fantasy romance but this was not it. It can honestly barely be considered romance or fantasy. Painfully boring FMC that somehow everyone is instantly in love with —I was at least hoping the weird infatuation everyone has with her would be explained by the very drawn out, pointless, and mildly ridiculous plot point that *spoilers* the girl who’s been having prophetic dreams and telepathically talks to another instantly obsessed man, is a witch. 

This whole story feels so thrown together, messy, and honestly lazy. There are better books out there that deal with the trauma of SA. 

This should have maybe stayed in the google docs. 
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elaineb_reads's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book was not for me. It had an enjoyable plot but a little to dark for my taste. Read the TWs
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kaybee97's review

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This books doesn’t flow well. There are missing blocks of information that are too big. The characters seem to have fallen in love in two minutes, which can be fine, but there are too many unforgivables happening one after another. The brother being a second love interest can be fine, but it isn’t presented or written well.

The whole book isn’t written well for how thick of a plot with as many holes as there are here. I don’t feel like it’s keeping my interest and the FMC isn’t as strong or interesting as I’d expected. The plot is lead by things that happen to her rather than her actions / coherent thoughts. It’s really jumpy to me and honestly hard to follow.
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readbytwilight's review against another edition

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dark
  • Loveable characters? No

2.0

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jodiarie's review

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emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

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ariwilliams's review

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dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

I wanted to like this book, but I just don't. The plot held my attention because it was devastating and mysterious, but it was very dark. Lots of violence. Would not recommend.
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