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high quality cover, low quality content.
As I do my final read-through and polish, I have to say, I'm very, very proud of this book.
while schwabs writing will always speak to me, i tend to enjoy the content/plot of her adult books more. thats not to say i didnt like this, i just prefer the complexity and depth of her stories when she writes under VES, instead of VS. because this story is rather simple - everything you need to know is in the synopsis. its a spooky story of ghouls and demons, mysterious family histories, and houses that come with an opposite and a gate in between. im actually surprised this is going to be a sp...
Finished this at 2:00 AM on a Thursday because once I reached the halfway mark, I could not put this down. I will write a proper review when the suns up, but for now I will confidently add this to my favorites shelf. I also have the sudden, dramatic urge to buy a bottle of ink and paint, so that's exciting.
I'm about 20% into this one, and while the writing is lush and gorgeous, it's just not holding my attention at the moment. Going to put it aside and try again at a later date!*Many thanks to the publisher for providing my review copy.
A girl. A boy. A shadow with eyes. A door that won’t open. A place and its copy. Hidden rooms and hidden secrets. A shard of bone. And death itself.Be honest, how many Victoria Schwab books do those last few lines remind you of? A lot of great authors have a distinct style, something that makes their books identifiable without having to name them, and clearly she falls into that category. Schwab has been a favorite of mine over the past year and after relentless begging I got a chance to read a
Well that was pretty bad.I think I'm just going to stick with Schwab's more fantasy focused books because this??? This was not it.There was no plot whatsoever (until like over halfway), but in general I don't even care 99% if there isn't one as long as I'm invested in the characters. Which wasn't the case at all here. "Safe does not mean happy, does not mean well, does not mean kind." For so long, Olivia has longed to be wanted, especially in a place like Merilance... until one day she...
Wow! This is a compulsively readable YA fantasy/horror novel that grabbed me from the beginning and didn't let go.It's the story of Olivia, who was sent to the Merilance School for Girls when her mother died, leaving her an orphan. She's mute, and no one knows sign language, so she's stuck in her own world. She has a unique ability--she can see ghouls that no one else can see. She receives a mysterious letter summoning her to Gallant, a place with a family she never knew existed and a family who...
Olivia Prior can see ghosts, shadows of the long-dead: a bony hand here, a half-formed face there. She carries her mother’s last written words with her: stay away from Gallant, her family’s manor. But when she’s given a chance to escape the bleak gray walls of her boarding school, she takes it. However, Gallant is hiding something even darker than the ghouls she sees around her, and Olivia is determined to solve this mystery.Gallant left me feeling unsatisfied and indifferent. This book somehow
THIS IS THE BOOK I WAS WAITING SOOOOO LONG! AND NOW IT'S MY WEEKEND ESCAPADE!
Update 6/23/21 Ooo I'm really liking this cover, kind of reminds me on an Atlas or like old maps. - - -No idea what this is supposed to be about, but it’s V.E. Schwab so I’ll add it first and ask questions later lol
| | blog | tumblr | letterboxd | |Although I remember liking books by V. E. Schwab when I was a teenager the last couple of books I’ve picked up by her left me feeling rather underwhelmed. My reading tastes have definitely changed over the years but I hoped that I would always be able to appreciate her storytelling. I was sold on Gallant when I saw that it was being compared to Neil Gaiman and Guillermo del Toro and boy oh boy was I disappointed to discover that it was just a very tame take on...
me: I have to stop buying multiple copies of the same book. I'm almost out of shelf space!also me: *throws all my money at special editions of this book with no regrets* ---Oh my gosh. This was incredible. My everything hurts a little, but in a good way. Full review coming soon ♥I very rarely compare one book to another, but Gallant reminded me of the eerie, atmospheric melancholy and overwhelming familial love that Neil Gaiman brought us with The Graveyard Book, and knowing that V is a big fan
Well, damn! I just didn’t care for it, but I’m glad if you did! The audio narrator was good, but this just read like a middle grade book that was just ok. Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾
