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  • Daughter of Crows
    tmbnet
    Jul 05, 2026
    Daughter of Crows
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    Enjoyment: 2.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 2.0Plot: 3.0

    An intriguing premise that kept me reading hoping that at some point there would be enough to salvage this book in my mind. It just never materialized. There were some parts that were almost witty but fell flat because they were crushed under extreme verbosity of the writing style. A few times I perked up because there was a glimmer of cleverness, like the crow carrying a character’s own words back in time, to only have it swept away by a torrent of mind numbing, overly descriptive observations that left me confused and bewildered. The frequent use of allegory and symbolism added to the confusion when trying to grasp what was actually happening. The constant back and forth in timeline seemed important and I thought it would all come together to clever ending, but turned out to be quite unnecessary and almost irrelevant, feeling almost like a gimmick. There really is a unique and interesting story in the pages here, it’s just hidden by too many things I didn’t enjoy that I had to get through to excavate it.

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    all roads lead to tjmaxx

    for those who don’t know, tjmaxx is an american discount department store. lots of very popular things end up at tjmaxx for discounted prices, including popular cosmetic and skincare brands, shoes, clothing, etc. more recently i’ve been noting books at tjmaxx for about half the listed price. this is a pretty big deal considering how one hard cover book can be about $32 USD now.

    i’m curious if anyone else has found new/relatively new/popular releases in their local tjmaxx?

    some that i’ve found recently include: ACOTAR and Throne of Glass (box sets and individual books both hardcover and paperback), Yesteryear, Katabasis, One Dark Window, lots of Frieda McFadden, Alchemised, and Famesick. please share your tjmaxx finds i’m so curiousy 👀👀

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    Why is this so dull?! The ideas are great. The execution is severely lacking.

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    This synopsis sounded so interesting, but I’m not loving this so far. I’m contemplating if I should DNF it or not, but I want to love it. I think if there was more from the school setting I would be enjoying it more but the two timelines aren’t working for me very well.

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    I wish Gwynne wouldn’t use so many character POVs in his writing, at least not this early on anyway, it feels hard to get to know and care about the characters

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