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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
tense
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I was really looking forward to seeing what happened next in this series, but I definitely did not expect the direction it takes at all. A couple of things stop me giving it more stars, but mainly it's because it's too far fetched given the amount of fantasy in the series so far. It's almost as if the writer thought the series was lacking in some way and decided to eke it out by introducing several new fantasy elements. What I did not find convincing was Eli's behaviour, it was just too much out of character and done to force the plot. In fact, the plot felt forced several times. Plus it was lacking in the previous richness of well written characters and too reliant on Lisbeth and Felicia and insignificant minor characters. There is a lot of sadness in this book and I found a tear rolling down my cheek several times. The loss of one character feels like another way to force the plot down a different route and it did not sit right with me at all. I think the best way to describe this book is uneven and I can accept it as a stepping stone to changing the direction of the story, but the series needs to get back on track if I am to stick with it.
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I really liked this one, but the narration choices were hard to deal with. I would not have been able to do this as an audio book, I kept having to flip back and try and figure out who was the narrator for the section I was in. It swapped back and forth every couple of pages at times, and they both had similar voices.
Another poor installment.
This felt as though it started 100 pages in. We are in the middle of a martial squabble that makes no sense because we have no background, then a telegram comes and the husband is like, “actually I’m leaving and taking my brother who just arrived with your sister but your sister is staying.”
Huh?? And it’s nothing but shenanigans from there with this miraculous courting situation for the sister involving all of these magical people suddenly arriving just for the sake of creating 4 pages of drama.
Then the ending… good God. A fairly main character has died and no one seemed to actually care, the explanation for the husband leaving suddenly with no notice was like “oh, someone offered me a job for a lot of money that’s all” as if it makes ANY SENSE at all that a husband wouldn’t just tell his wife he was taking a job… what the fuck? And THEN, the last sentence is like “have you heard about this crazy man in Germany” and the husband goes “his name is Hitler.”
WHAT??? Hitler is in this universe???? What is happening???
Oh, and the whole damn book wasn’t even 250 pages long. Yet somewhere there was room for multiple “quicker than you can say Jack Robinson” lines.
This felt as though it started 100 pages in. We are in the middle of a martial squabble that makes no sense because we have no background, then a telegram comes and the husband is like, “actually I’m leaving and taking my brother who just arrived with your sister but your sister is staying.”
Huh?? And it’s nothing but shenanigans from there with this miraculous courting situation for the sister involving all of these magical people suddenly arriving just for the sake of creating 4 pages of drama.
Then the ending… good God. A fairly main character has died and no one seemed to actually care, the explanation for the husband leaving suddenly with no notice was like “oh, someone offered me a job for a lot of money that’s all” as if it makes ANY SENSE at all that a husband wouldn’t just tell his wife he was taking a job… what the fuck? And THEN, the last sentence is like “have you heard about this crazy man in Germany” and the husband goes “his name is Hitler.”
WHAT??? Hitler is in this universe???? What is happening???
Oh, and the whole damn book wasn’t even 250 pages long. Yet somewhere there was room for multiple “quicker than you can say Jack Robinson” lines.
Harris's books are generally very readable and interesting. I've rated the prior Gunnie Rose books a 4, but this one was boring. Who cares who Felicia ends up with as a mate. Felicia doesn't seem to care as she envisions herself being a brood mare to a bunch of suitors who randomly pop up in the story. A lot of random magic attacks that don't really add to the main plot. Wait, what is the main plot? I'm not very interested in reading the last book when it comes out.