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Tithe by Holly Black

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seralina's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I really love the world building and Kaye, the main character. Everyone else within this book was questionable, like for example I feel like Kyes relationship with Roiben is weird. It feels as though there was no tension or chemistry between the two of them. They never really had any deep conversations, and their attraction to each other felt weak. Corny gave me the ick. I know the fae enchant the humans to make them more subservient and enthralled with the fae, but even before any of that, Corny had a disturbingly gross fascination and obsession with the fae. He gave me the ick in a way that a creepy old man leering at me would. And although I do quite like Kaye, her sense of intuition and her judge of character is literally the worst I have ever seen in my entire life. Like, not one of the people in the book other than Kaye herself is someone I would consider a decent human being that I would be willing to spend any amount of time with. Literally everyone is sketchy, over-all weird, or rude. And I mean EVERYONE. But I truly love this world and I love the cruel prince trilogy, which is why I picked this up. The political intrigue was also lacking, whereas in the cruel prince is was marvelously scrumptious. The reason I say the diversity of the characters is complicated is because well, a lot of the characters aren't human. For the character's that were set in the human world, I can't really remember if they were diverse because I read 60% of this book then stopped reading it for a few months and then picked it back up and finished it. So all the introductions of the human characters had already occurred and I could barely recall much about them.

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natashalg's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

While I loved the last half of the book, the beginning was kind of dull. I also felt like the ending was rushed and the characters were not fully explored.

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sammiebauer's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

this is not the first time i've read this, but a few things now really stand out to me about this book: this is not holly black's first published work, but this story in particular seems to really exemplify her writing style in a big way. you'll see this formula established in this novel of a 17 to 18 year old weird quirky girl with some strange relationship to her personhood being introduced to a new sense of independence, or maybe with a history of being wildly independent, with a complex relationship to her mother, repeated in multiple other stories by holly black. it becomes redundant, yes, but the part of these books that shines the brightest for me is the clarity with which the author writes about fairy myth. she has such a firm grip on the tropes and trappings of european fairy mythology that even when i don't find myself fully engaged by her characters, i am still delighted by the fae folk and lands that feature in the story. the other part of this story that feels particularly good to me is the nostalgic edginess of the main character and the interesting way that poverty is addressed. the edginess is not going to be to everyone's taste, but it scratched an itch in my brain that rarely sees the light of day. holly black's understanding of poverty is also very realistic, and also satisfies me in a deep way.
the first time i read tithe, the part that stuck with me the most was the side character cornelius. he is also the first in a line of characters that i view as holly black classics, which is the gay side character who is always some kind of unfortunate and awkward young man who gets along very well with the quirky female main character. i love corny. he is one of the best of all time. he is also the reason why i ended up rereading tithe recently, because i remembered his storyline in the book with more clarity than any other part of the story. if you want to read about a fucked up gay character who has a great character arc, i highly recommend this story. hes responsible for the fourth star in my rating of this book.

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rory18's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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phena223's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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? Yes

4.0

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juliesleseecke's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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atpioworria's review against another edition

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Just not my style of book. I cant even try and rate it but maybe someone else will like it.

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hullomoon's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced

3.75

I haven't read the book since I was in high school and it held up better then I expected. The plot was engaging and I appreciated how the main characters have depth and aren't one-note instantly lovable people

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creatureof_nature's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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

4.0

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amypalmer's review against another edition

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adventurous dark lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book was good. I enjoyed it and it was nice and short however it did wow me. I also at time felt the human side of the story was unlikeable and unrelateable. The fantasy elements are where this book is good however its 3 stars because it is just OK.

Positives are that the faerie lore is good, the creatures are described well (when they are present). The different type of fae is interesting and not just your typical fae. However there is not enough of this. I find a transformation that happens in the story interesting and not the typical beautiful fairy that we have come accustom to.

The racism at the begining was just off, as was the character, being a child who drinks and smokes regularly with a terrible parent, does what she wants with no repercussions, typical boring rebel teen trope.

This side of the book was what made me not like it. This books is also in the weird realm of not being g for children but also not really for adults either. It does feel like half a story too at times. I will be reading the other two books in the series.

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