Reviews - Empire of Silence

3.26k reviews for:

Empire of Silence

Christopher Ruocchio

3.98 AVERAGE

jameskay907's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sanjd81's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gwencoleman's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I know that most people do not like this book because it is boring. However, I really liked the book and I was invested in the story from the beginning.

manda1389's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sadiekindarocks's review against another edition

5.0

Scratches the same itch as Red Rising does, very excited to keep reading this series.

justicefinder's review against another edition

3.5

dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

crellsworth's review against another edition

3.0

The Sun-Eater series starting off seems like a lot. It might just be my reading style, but I found the descriptions in this book were sometimes waaay over the top. Or a metaphor would be thrown out in a place that I felt unnecessary.

The world building was expansive, there’s a lot to take in and learn about. I felt sometimes I had to search for the plot through the exposition.

That all being said, the plot was definitely there, the main character is dynamic, some of the secondary characters felt strong as well, but I wanted more of a connection to them.

I will keep reading the series as I’m told it’s life-changing. I can kind of see a direction it could go to achieve that.. we’ll see?