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A review by ashley_mrose530
A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I've spent an entire 24 hours trying to figure out what I want to say about this book, but the only thing that I've come up with is... it's fine.
I'm largely indifferent to it. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it. It was just okay.
I remember being very bored with it for the most part at the beginning and then looking at it and realizing I was almost half way through it. I didn't feel like anything actually happened in that first half. I didn't even feel particularly connected to the characters and their stories. It felt like the book was still just starting, but it wasn't.
It wasn't until the heist actually started that things started to pick up, but even then, because I didn't really connect with the characters, it still didn't really grab me as much as it should have. It was still good and the plot twists did surprise me, but that might have only been because I was too bored to even try to figure them out.
It was a good book to listen to while I was at work. I still liked the characters alright and I particularly liked Arthie and her rage and control, but because of the lack of emotional connection to them and the book as a whole, it ended up being kind of a miss for me.
I'm largely indifferent to it. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it. It was just okay.
I remember being very bored with it for the most part at the beginning and then looking at it and realizing I was almost half way through it. I didn't feel like anything actually happened in that first half. I didn't even feel particularly connected to the characters and their stories. It felt like the book was still just starting, but it wasn't.
It wasn't until the heist actually started that things started to pick up, but even then, because I didn't really connect with the characters, it still didn't really grab me as much as it should have. It was still good and the plot twists did surprise me, but that might have only been because I was too bored to even try to figure them out.
It was a good book to listen to while I was at work. I still liked the characters alright and I particularly liked Arthie and her rage and control, but because of the lack of emotional connection to them and the book as a whole, it ended up being kind of a miss for me.