4.26 AVERAGE

poppyann's review

4.75
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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ollieols's review

3.5
adventurous mysterious 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
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matibell's review

4.0
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

nearlyperfekt's review

4.5
adventurous emotional inspiring sad 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
adventurous tense 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

To be honest, at first I was going to give this book a 4-star rating 😅 because it was slightly too long and it took me forever to finish this book (I honestly had some days there I just couldn't read more than one chapter 😔) BUT these characters deserve a 5-star rating. I love that all of them were quite complex, they had these interesting and very well thought-out backgrounds. Each of the characters' points of view that we got, was very interesting and attention-grabbing 👏🙌 Some of them were more annoying than others (*cough* Doctor Roos *cough*), but I was still excited to read about each of them. 
adventurous emotional reflective 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: 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: No

A good solid fantasy novel. I was pleasantly surprised it was a standalone story (sometimes you just don't want to commit to 7+ widely spaced volumes) but equally would love to indulge in more of this world. I enjoyed the diverse range of characters, loved visiting the universe that was created, and was gripped by the interlinking stories. The folklore and background are also really consistent and well plotted out. I love a good back story as much as I enjoy the present day moments, so it was a delight to read overall.

I did feel that the main driving point of the story (the nameless one returning) was over quite quickly. Once it reached that stage, it almost felt like it wasn't that big of a threat to begin with. However that is pretty much my one gripe, in an otherwise seamless tale. 5/5

emilyalbertelli's review

4.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated