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Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner

18 reviews

annick's review

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adventurous dark emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This comes across better and more complex and nuanced than book 1. I like how the plot has setbacks for several protagonists because of their own choices and because of cruel circumstances (it reminds me of ASOIAF). The narrator does a good job with using northern English accents for kissing and other Taliscian characters. I winced with the Welsh accent for the hermit at the river Aan source.  I will read book three but not sure I’ll re read this soon 
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charley0796's review against another edition

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adventurous tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

I found this book to be much slower paced than Godkiller, with too little of Kissen. I did read quickly through the last two thirds of the book as I wanted to get to the reunion which was climactic.
Much of the book is building for the third and final series, so there’s a lot of tension and pause. 
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pm_me_book_recs's review

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adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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figsofpeach's review against another edition

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

3.75

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cryosphinx's review against another edition

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slow-paced

3.5

Unfortunately, I think this suffers from second book syndrome. I enjoyed it, but mostly because I enjoy the world that Kaner has crafted. I do like the multiple POvs I had a hard time caring about Elogast's POV that I found myself skimming them and I'm not sure WHY other than I wanted Kissen\Skedi\Inara's more since they had more going on. Since it's a trilogy, this seems really suck in the middle of trying to connect the two so not a lot "happens" since it's building the world and the characters more. And since the characters have been separated, you lose a lot of the banter and growth that came from the first book developing them as a quartet. Hopefully that is remedied in the next book.
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chanlo1994's review

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

Kissen is my favorite character of all of 2024 so far. Good job author for excellent characterization all around.
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pheenic's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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noriboo's review against another edition

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

4.0

While I enjoyed Sunbringer, I missed seeing our group interact together. It felt like everyone was on their own little island until the end. It was interesting to see that Kissen is actually the glue that held them all together. 
And the final chapters; the final book is going to be interesting! 
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anamustacho's review against another edition

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

3.75

The details make sense afterwards but sometimes the extra descriptions feel too much. I believe it also feels that way because of the suspense, the thrill.

I did not expect that turn of events. I hope book 3 will be out soon!

In het kort: als 2 honden vechten om een been dan loopt de 3de er mee heen

Thema: bloedvergiet, avontuur, diversiteit in persoonlijkheid en sexualiteit, gevloek, moord, afgoderij, politieke machtsstrijd
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hardbackhoarder's review against another edition

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

5.0

i would offer anything - ANYTHING - to a god to get my hands on the next book. 
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