Jane
Rating Description:
1.0 - DNF/Despise
1.5 - Almost DNFed and wish I had
2.0 - Almost DNFed but had redeeming qualities/just boring
2.5 - Alright with lots of notes
3.0 - Alright with notes but I'm not raving about it
3.5 - Technically good but I'm not raving about it
4.0 - Love but with notes
4.5 - Love it so much I want to highlight the book but still with notes
5.0 - Love it so much I want to highlight the book and notes are very positive
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2025-03-14
I've made it to 35% of this audiobook and nothing is really sticking to my head.
I think I'm just too tired and stressed to be reading this so I will DNF for now.
I am second guessing if I should put I rating on this right now because I do want to get back to it later on this year.
Pros:
- Prose is beautiful.
- Really good world building.
Cons:
- I don't know if it's how the voice talent performed Keishin, but every time he spoke, I got annoyed. He sounded arrogant and came of as a know-it-all douche.
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2025-03-12
Just a few chapters in and I’m already rolling my eyes.
Hana and her father own of a magical pawnshop. Their occupation required them to be discrete and very careful.
I found it hard to believe that Hana would just start spilling all that information to Keishin just because he insisted on helping her and refused to take no for answer. Hana not only failed to secure the items in the vault (not really her fault) but she didn’t even try to keep their secrets at the slightest pushback from a random person (this was totally on her). She seemed spineless.
To think she had been training for this job since she was a child.
And what was up with Keishin being so nosy? And bossy? What a control freak! He literally just met Hana. Why does he feel compelled to bully himself into her life?
I know there’s magical realism here and I should suspend my disbelief. But the magic part was not what’s unbelievable here. It’s their actions that were unbelievable.
I do like the prose though.
Rating Description:
1.0 - DNF/Despise
1.5 - Almost DNFed and wish I had
2.0 - Almost DNFed but had redeeming qualities/just boring
2.5 - Alright with lots of notes
3.0 - Alright with notes but I'm not raving about it
3.5 - Technically good but I'm not raving about it
4.0 - Love but with notes
4.5 - Love it so much I want to highlight the book but still with notes
5.0 - Love it so much I want to highlight the book and notes are very positive
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2025-03-14
I've made it to 35% of this audiobook and nothing is really sticking to my head.
I think I'm just too tired and stressed to be reading this so I will DNF for now.
I am second guessing if I should put I rating on this right now because I do want to get back to it later on this year.
Pros:
- Prose is beautiful.
- Really good world building.
Cons:
- I don't know if it's how the voice talent performed Keishin, but every time he spoke, I got annoyed. He sounded arrogant and came of as a know-it-all douche.
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2025-03-12
Just a few chapters in and I’m already rolling my eyes.
Hana and her father own of a magical pawnshop. Their occupation required them to be discrete and very careful.
I found it hard to believe that Hana would just start spilling all that information to Keishin just because he insisted on helping her and refused to take no for answer. Hana not only failed to secure the items in the vault (not really her fault) but she didn’t even try to keep their secrets at the slightest pushback from a random person (this was totally on her). She seemed spineless.
To think she had been training for this job since she was a child.
And what was up with Keishin being so nosy? And bossy? What a control freak! He literally just met Hana. Why does he feel compelled to bully himself into her life?
I know there’s magical realism here and I should suspend my disbelief. But the magic part was not what’s unbelievable here. It’s their actions that were unbelievable.
I do like the prose though.