turningpages
just a girl (31 y/o) with a lot of emotions over words on pages ✨ ESP / ENG 🗣️
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This was a wonderful surprise and idk why it was really a surprise because I enjoyed the way Six of Crows was written so I should’ve expected that was at least the standard here. But my, oh my did this story and writing and woven history and love (sub?)-plot take me by the throat - in the best way.
Luzia and Santángel were imo fantastic MCs. I love how similar they were yet they complemented each other beautifully. The rest of the characters are also extremely well written and so humanly flawed, I enjoyed finding more about them each time.
I didn’t know I could be so into historical fiction/realism but this makes me want to give it another shot.
Finally, again: Santángel the man that you are 😩🫦. I enjoyed that this wasn’t overly graphic, but the heat and yearning this man felt could still come through beautifully.
turningpages commented...
I think one of mine could be that I write my reviews and final thoughts AS SOON as I’m done with the book. Like my literal final thoughts and feelings, that’s what we’re going with.
And THEN and only then do I look at other reviews/comments and I’m like “oh yeah, totally misread that”, or “yea I thought he died and actually didn't” (Priory lol). 🤡
Was thinking to myself how I have this ridiculous habit of intentionally speeding through book blurbs trying not to learn too much, leaving a book on my TBR for ages, starting to read it going off the memory of the blurb, and then being completely thrown by what the book is actually about because I realize I didn't actually know.
Case in point: started the castle knoll files series today, DEAD CERTAIN the MC was an old male detective. It is about a 25 year old girl and her kooky aunt. This is abundantly clear in the blurb and I have no idea how I misremembered that badly. I spent the first 20 pages going "oh? Oh?? Oh!"
So anyway, that got me thinking, do any of y'all have reading quirks like this that are ultimately harmless but kind of weird? A beige flag, if you will?
