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Book review: Magic Mirabelle and the riddle of the opium
February 26, 2017therealqueenofthebooks
Hello Book Nation!
On my January tbr I mentioned one of the books I wanted to read in January was Magic Mirabelle and the riddle of the night opium by Manfred. I was lucky enough to receive an early copy of this book to review. However, as my laptop then needed fixing and the school year started, I had to put this book on hold and add it to my February tbr. So now I bring to you, my review:
This book is a paranormal fairytale which I do not have much experience reading in this genre, so I found this rather creepy and strange. I probably will not be reading books like this again…
The characters were completely different to anything I have seen before, most of them were really interesting and always left me in the dark about something.
This book is definitely one that gets better as it goes on. But not really good enough. I was going to DNF this book so many time throughout reading it… and I think I should have quit the first time round.
I found myself a little disconnected from the main character in the first third of the book. But as it went on it became more interesting. The reason for this is probably because in the beginning the main character was quite young.
Not to worry, as the book went on the character had a few
birthdays and before halfway she was 16, which made it easier to read. I wasn’t the biggest fan on Mirabelle, the main character, when she was younger but she was more likable later on in the book.
noThere were also some points in the book that had me going, ‘No! stop it. Stop everything and just think it through’ urg! The main character was definitely one that had a habit of putting herself in bad situations by not reading the full terms and conditions!
I don’t exactly know what to say considering I didn’t enjoy this book one bit.
My goodread’s review is here is you so wish.
Until next time,
Mod
A very interesting book indeed.
Full review on blog
Everything I thought would happen in this book was completely and utterly thrown out the window within the first couple of chapters. It was mostly unpredictably and for the most part completely and utterly strange and paranormal. And I know realize that is not a type of book I enjoy... When I first heard about the fairies in this book,I was thinking tinkerbelle sort of things... I was wrong to say the least, the fairies in this book are sooooo not like tinkerbelle.
At the beginning of this book Mirabelle is young, she is thirteen and I believe she is around this age until about a third of the way into the novel. I much prefer her character when she is older and found her a lot more interesting.
Book review: Magic Mirabelle and the riddle of the opium
February 26, 2017therealqueenofthebooks
Hello Book Nation!
On my January tbr I mentioned one of the books I wanted to read in January was Magic Mirabelle and the riddle of the night opium by Manfred. I was lucky enough to receive an early copy of this book to review. However, as my laptop then needed fixing and the school year started, I had to put this book on hold and add it to my February tbr. So now I bring to you, my review:
Pages: 300
My Rating: 3/5
Release date:March 2017
Issue: ebook, review copy
my thought:
This book is a paranormal fairytale which I do not have much experience reading in this genre, so I found this rather interesting, creepy and strange, but good all the same. I have no idea what sort of books I would compare this one to, to me, it is very original and created a whole new world of sorts, while also taking place mostly in the real world. I can assure you that this book was highly different and strange and creepy (all in a good way of course)
The characters were completely different to anything I have seen before, most of them were really interesting and always left me in the dark about something.
This book is definitely one that gets better as it goes on.
I found myself a little disconnected from the main character in the first third of the book. But as it went on it became more interesting. The reason for this is probably because in the beginning the main character was quite young.
Not to worry, as the book went on the character had a few
birthdays and before halfway she was 16, which made it easier to read. I wasn’t the biggest fan on Mirabelle, the main character, when she was younger but she was more likable later on in the book.
noThere were also some points in the book that had me going, ‘No! stop it. Stop everything and just think it through’ urg! The main character was definitely one that had a habit of putting herself in bad situations by not reading the full terms and conditions!
What I liked about this book:
If you like books about fairies or witches this book has got them. I can’t say I’ve ever really been into the whole fairy side of things but things were a little different in this one and the fairies were not the sort you might be used to and by that I mean this is a paranormal kind of book and these fairies are completely different. However, still rather interesting. (a little on the creepy scary side of things, but still pretty cool)
The way this book is written is a little different from other books I have read.It comes across like a fairytale. whats-going-onIt was still written really well and easy to understand, This book was actually rather easy to get into. And there were often times when I set out to only read one chapter and ended up reading five. They felt to be rather fast pacing chapters too, (not short, but fast pacing).
To expand on that thought, The pacing of this book was pretty good, the book didn’t make me want to stay up all night and read it, but it did have me saying ‘well that chapter went by quick, I have time for one more (or seven)’
But along with that the writing was different in another way, it was told in fairytale way. If you have ever read or heard a fairytale before you might understand what I mean, there are just little things in the way it was written that reminded me of the writing in fairytales. And I think this made it a little easier and quicker to read.
My goodread’s review is here is you so wish.
Until next time, (less)