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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
Whoa. This is not an easy book to read, but it returns the reader's emotional investment manyfold, and is definitely worth sticking with - though there should be a warning about how hazardous it can be to get too attached to the characters. (There's some real gutpunches along the way. I cried.)
The story is fascinating - a true tapestry woven from a myriad viewpoints, everything from brief stitches to red threads running through the entire, magnificent thing.
The world, too, is incredibly well crated. Seeming at first to be another pseudo-European medieval fantasy land, there are intriguing hints sprinkled at more going on behind the scenes than what is obvious at first glance. And then there's quite a bit more than hints, and the world is just - absolutely unique. In fantasy, that's rare.
I love coming across fantasy stories that feel truly new and creative and I'm glad I stuck with Inda through the first third of heavy metaphorical lifting, because it's definitely both new and creative and I'm now eager to dive into the next book in the series.
The story is fascinating - a true tapestry woven from a myriad viewpoints, everything from brief stitches to red threads running through the entire, magnificent thing.
The world, too, is incredibly well crated. Seeming at first to be another pseudo-European medieval fantasy land, there are intriguing hints sprinkled at more going on behind the scenes than what is obvious at first glance. And then there's quite a bit more than hints, and the world is just - absolutely unique. In fantasy, that's rare.
I love coming across fantasy stories that feel truly new and creative and I'm glad I stuck with Inda through the first third of heavy metaphorical lifting, because it's definitely both new and creative and I'm now eager to dive into the next book in the series.
Swords ‘n’ horses, with a bit o’ sorcery thrown in. Here’s the great part, though: no prophesies, no destinies, and no magical farmboys.
There’s a great and varied cast of characters. There’s politics and intrigue. There’s cultural relativism, and hints of darker (forgotten? lost?) historical events yet to be revealed. Only drawback? The author doesn’t hesitate to kill off characters. It’s not even one-at-a-time; sometimes it’s in great swathes. Suddenly, characters who I just spent half the book getting to know are dropping like flies. In that way, Inda is not a comfortable book to read. I was so shell-shocked by the end that, in a fit of paranoia, I tried to ready myself for everyone to die in a The Departed-esque dénouement. Obviously, that didn’t happen because there are sequels, and I knew there are sequels, but that didn’t matter to me at the time. I think that Inda must survive till the end, or else it wouldn’t make sense naming the series after him. I shall cling to that thought as I battle my way through the rest of the books.
There’s a great and varied cast of characters. There’s politics and intrigue. There’s cultural relativism, and hints of darker (forgotten? lost?) historical events yet to be revealed. Only drawback? The author doesn’t hesitate to kill off characters. It’s not even one-at-a-time; sometimes it’s in great swathes. Suddenly, characters who I just spent half the book getting to know are dropping like flies. In that way, Inda is not a comfortable book to read. I was so shell-shocked by the end that, in a fit of paranoia, I tried to ready myself for everyone to die in a The Departed-esque dénouement. Obviously, that didn’t happen because there are sequels, and I knew there are sequels, but that didn’t matter to me at the time. I think that Inda must survive till the end, or else it wouldn’t make sense naming the series after him. I shall cling to that thought as I battle my way through the rest of the books.