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Evelyn Skye

Autor/a de The Crown's Game

12 obres 1,735 Membres 76 Ressenyes

Sobre l'autor

Evelyn Skye is a bestselling author of The Crown's Game, a New York Times 2016 Best Seller. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Obres de Evelyn Skye

The Crown's Game (2016) 909 exemplars
The Crown's Fate (2017) 323 exemplars
Circle of Shadows (2019) 275 exemplars
Damsel (2023) 87 exemplars
The Hundred Loves of Juliet (2023) 83 exemplars
Princess Private Eye (2023) 4 exemplars
The Crown's Heir 3 exemplars
The Hundred Loves of Juliet (2023) 1 exemplars

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Data de naixement
20th Century
Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
USA
Llocs de residència
San Francisco, California, USA
Educació
Stanford University
Harvard University

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Ressenyes

2024 movie #52. 2024. Really enjoyed this fantasy tale. Impressed with Millie Bobby Brown. She stars in this physically demanding role, carries most of the screen time herself, is the executive producer of the film and she's just 20 years old.
 
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capewood | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Mar 16, 2024 |
Leuk verhaal over een jong meisje, Elodie, dat wordt uitgehuwelijkt aan Prins Henry, die de heerser is over Aurea, een vruchtbaar en welvarend eiland. Elodie is verrukt over haar huwelijk. Henry is een knappe, charmante en galante prins. Maar haar vreugde verandert al gauw in wanhoop als blijkt dat zij, nu zij prinses is, wordt geofferd aan de draak die het eiland ook bewoont. De traditie wil namelijk dat er elk jaar 3 prinsessen aan de draak worden gegeven. Maar Elodie is niet dom en zij weet aan de draak te ontkomen en moet een uitweg vinden uit het labyrinth van grotten en gangen dat door de draak bewoond wordt. Dankzij door eerdere prinsessen nagelaten aanwijzing in de wanden van de grotten weet ze uiteindelijk te ontkomen. Een beetje doorsnee verhaal, maar het einde heeft dan weer een mooie wending, waardoor het net een beetje anders afloopt dan ik had verwacht.… (més)
½
 
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connie53 | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Mar 12, 2024 |
Representation: N/A
Trigger warnings: Death of girlfriends in the past by burning and physical illness, murder, grief and loss depiction, pregnancy and childbirth, divorce mentioned, infertility, near-death experience, fire, explosions, military violence and war themes, World War II, shipwreck, colonisation, car crash
Score: Five points out of ten.
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Oh, look, a Romeo and Juliet retelling. A person I knew picked this one up and tried to read it. Unfortunately for her, it quickly disinterested her so she gave up after a few pages. However, The Hundred Loves of Juliet intrigued me, so I picked it up and read it. When I finished The Hundred Loves of Juliet, it disappointed me. It could be better, but alas, it didn't meet my expectations (I should lower them in the first place considering the low ratings and reviews.)

It starts with the first character I see, Helene, whose last name remains undisclosed, moving to Alaska to write a novel. She wants to write a romance involving two people, when suddenly, she meets another person: Sebastien, who came right off Helene's pages. Here's the catch: Once Sebastien starts a relationship with Helene, he tells her he is immortal but every time he tries to fall in love with a Juliet incarnation, she dies. The Hundred Loves of Juliet has such an intriguing premise, but the former squanders the latter by fumbling the characters, my biggest gripe. Sebastien and Helene talk like two cheesy philosophers, making me groan inside. I've had enough of people who talk like that, because it's unrealistic, and after reading another story with that type of dialogue, I didn't want to see it again.

The Hundred Loves of Juliet's flow was hard to follow at best and chaotic at worst. The narrative can jump back a few years sometimes to show the previous versions of Romeo and Juliet where the former survives but the latter meets her demise, but that quickly got repetitive. I also noticed the lack of diversity and saw that the author missed some opportunities to add more types of characters. One member of the couple that existed during the colonisation of America could've been Native American. The twosome in the Sahara could've been Black, and the one in World War Two era Japan could've been Japanese. You get the idea. I couldn't connect or relate to them in the first place.

The conclusion is a high note, as Sebastien and Helene break the curse as the former hacked some computers so that nothing could go wrong (Why?) and the latter had her first child. The Hundred Loves of Juliet mentioned divorce, but the author quickly glossed it over, which I disliked. It was apparent that in Evelyn Skye used YA writing which didn't translate well in her debut in adult fiction. To summarise, The Hundred Loves of Juliet was a promising Romeo and Juliet retelling, but the negatives outweighed the positives, disenchanting me.
… (més)
 
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Law_Books600 | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Jan 29, 2024 |
Thanks so much for the review copy, Netgalley. This was a wonderful love story. This was not my typical type of book but I’m glad I took a chance on it.
 
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DKnight0918 | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Dec 23, 2023 |

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Obres
12
Membres
1,735
Popularitat
#14,820
Valoració
3.8
Ressenyes
76
ISBN
67
Llengües
4

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