In short, while I can’t sit and explain every plot point of Book of Night to anyone, I can say I enjoyed my time reading it. The tone of this reminded me a lot of Ninth House and I would say I did feel quite similarly about that book. I definitely do not have a 100% grasp on the way this world works, but I am super intrigued by it. The magic system was interesting, although never fully explained. I thought she was a great main and I look forward to learning even more about her. I did enjoy how morally grey the characters were and I especially connected with Charlie. There were quite a few characters, but the only two I remember by name are Charlie and Vince. I definitely would say I was more captivated by the second half of the book than the first.Īt almost 2-weeks post-completing this novel, I will admit, I remember close to nothing about the plot. Once the murder mystery begins, it really begins to pick up. Initially, I wasn’t sold on that past perspective, but eventually I did come to enjoy it and understand why it was important to the development of Charlie as a character. This novel starts out fairly slowly and it does contain a lot of flashbacks to Charlie’s childhood. I finished it a little over a week ago and have put off writing this review because I knew it would be a tricky one.

She has a mystery to solve.īook of Night is Holly Black’s adult debut and I would say one of the most anticipated releases of 2022. This event opens up channels into Charlie’s past. One night at Charlie’s work a violent incident occurs and someone ends up dead. It’s full of dark, mystifying concepts such as shadow magic and other things I never quite understood. Charlie ultimately became one of the most successful con artists around, but leaving that part of her life in the past, as an adult she works a normal job as a bartender.Ĭharlie’s world resembles our own, but it’s so much more interesting. Young Charlie proved adept at every task that was thrown at her. Throughout her childhood, Charlie Hall was trained by a family friend in the art of deception.

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