The Centaur's Wife by Amanda Leduc

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The Centaur's Wife

Amanda Leduc

3.44 AVERAGE

s_a_h's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

gtz's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

3.0

okay_reads's review against another edition

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4.0

Brutal, fascinating, horrifying, magical.

kcrave's review against another edition

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5.0

This book is brilliant. A fairy tale for adults who understand that the land of fairy tales is full of sadness and grief. I'll be pondering all the different allegorical possibilities of this novel for a long time.

freshlimetime_'s review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

sunsetsaturn's review against another edition

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dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Extremely reminiscent of my psychotic episodes. Well written.

lizthescaredycat's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Complicated
  • Loveable characters? Complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This was Magical Realism to a T. I wasn’t sure what I was going to think of this book but it was surprisingly enjoyable. It’s magical, it’s weird, and it’s beautiful. I’d say it’s a book about grief and coping with it but also how stories can take on a life of their own and there’s always a bit of truth to any story. 

It’s not going to be for everyone and I think the title is a bit misleading, but if you like it you will really like it 

mel_scholar's review against another edition

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2.0

I really wanted to like this, but I think it was, as she says even states in the acknowledgments, a wild mess of a book. It jumps around and becomes very confusing and I was lost most of the narrative. The description sounded very engaging and was the reason I wanted to pick up the book, but in the end I only finished it just to say I did. The first 150+ pages were a confusing waste of time and by the time a section would get good, it would jump to something else. Everything came together in the end, but at that point the book was done.

unread's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

mariannedrake99's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Complicated
  • Loveable characters? Complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Remarkably dark and twisted while equally uplifting and hopeful, Amanda Leduc destroys the world and builds it back up again the way nature would