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Añoranzas y pesares nº 01/04 El trono de huesos de dragón
Tad Williams, Tad Williams
3.86 AVERAGE
1.26k reviews for:
Añoranzas y pesares nº 01/04 El trono de huesos de dragón
Tad Williams, Tad Williams
3.86 AVERAGE
adventurous
sad
tense
slow-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
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-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
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
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:
Complicated
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
"Sometimes being master means less of some kinds of freedom than that given to the meanest serf."
I honestly wish I had known about this book prior to reading A Song of Ice and Fire as I couldn't help drawing the parallels between both books. This book started out fairly slow but picked up its pace at around page 200.
Although I enjoyed all of the characters, I can't say that a single storyline is my favorite. This is definitely not as graphic as I would've imagined it to be so perhaps those who prefer a smaller amount of graphic scenes would really appreciate the story.
I plan on finishing this series, but am not 100% sure of when it will happen.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-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
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
In a lot of ways the embodiment of everything people criticize older fantasy for.
A lot of interesting ideas for worldbuilding and a couple great set pieces, completely lost in a book with some of the worst pacing and plotting I’ve ever read. Too many characters with nothing to do and nothing to add to the plot, introduced haphazardly. A painfully boring protagonist who is genuinely a chore to follow around. Multiple mentor characters keeping secrets for no reason. Interesting events happening off-screen while the reader is treated to all the stuff most books would usually fast forward through. Lack of coherent story structure. Frequently fails in the few action scenes to provide any sort of coherent blocking or sense of stakes.
One interesting thing however, is that this is definitely the book George Martin is subverting in ASOIAF. For all the focus on Lord of the Rings as his counterpoint, this book (and likely similar 1980s and 1990s fantasy) is a much clearer target.
Fantasy world based on recognizable historical countries, a supernatural winter-based threat from the far north, an evil red priest leading a king astray, a special throne made from remnants of the king’s enemies, a wolf companion/pet, pagan sub-kingdom keeping old traditions different from the Christian analog majority, raven messengers… Not to mention Martin’s Children of the Forest are almost identical to the Sithi, which explains their distance from Tolkien’s elves. There’s even an office called Hand of the King!
This is mostly interesting for how it helps us contextualize Martin as responding to more recent trends - his thematic and dramatic subversions make more sense.
A lot of interesting ideas for worldbuilding and a couple great set pieces, completely lost in a book with some of the worst pacing and plotting I’ve ever read. Too many characters with nothing to do and nothing to add to the plot, introduced haphazardly. A painfully boring protagonist who is genuinely a chore to follow around. Multiple mentor characters keeping secrets for no reason. Interesting events happening off-screen while the reader is treated to all the stuff most books would usually fast forward through. Lack of coherent story structure. Frequently fails in the few action scenes to provide any sort of coherent blocking or sense of stakes.
One interesting thing however, is that this is definitely the book George Martin is subverting in ASOIAF. For all the focus on Lord of the Rings as his counterpoint, this book (and likely similar 1980s and 1990s fantasy) is a much clearer target.
Fantasy world based on recognizable historical countries, a supernatural winter-based threat from the far north, an evil red priest leading a king astray, a special throne made from remnants of the king’s enemies, a wolf companion/pet, pagan sub-kingdom keeping old traditions different from the Christian analog majority, raven messengers… Not to mention Martin’s Children of the Forest are almost identical to the Sithi, which explains their distance from Tolkien’s elves. There’s even an office called Hand of the King!
This is mostly interesting for how it helps us contextualize Martin as responding to more recent trends - his thematic and dramatic subversions make more sense.