Reviews - The Goblin Emperor

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The Goblin Emperor

Katherine Addison

4.16 AVERAGE

gspear's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

greymuzzles's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

clasea's review against another edition

3.75

hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

katie_w's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

raginikathail's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous hopeful 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

A lovely take on "outsider goes to court"

dizzyblonde's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This one started off slow for me — both due to the style/language and to the story itself — but once I settled into the right mindset for the language (had to turn on the Shakespeare brain a little) I got more into it. It still wasn't until the latter half that I went from liking to loving the book, entirely due to the character arcs/moments/interactions/etc. in the later chapters. Phenomenal stuff. The HEAVY focus on court politics is pretty outside what I usually read, and honestly still wasn't my absolute favorite, but man did I love the character work here.