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aseel_reads's review
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I don't really know what happened with this book, the characters were acting quite out of character at times, which made me frustrated, I am not sure what line the author is taking with the romantic couple but I am not here for it
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Blood
nadiana's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
Well well well... how the turn-tables.
The first half of this book: amazing, breathtaking, coolio.
The second half: No, nononono. God no. Please stop (in the worst of ways)
What the actual fuck happened. What- Aldrik? Mr. Guy? What happened to all that development? This book was really good in its first act, but then... I really don't know what, no WHY, things happened the way they did. Not that's it's a blur, not that everything seemed to go by too fast (well... a little bit of the latter), but the story got so uninteresting towards the end. We got no passion, no motivation, nothing in these acts. You think the story hit its lowest point at the end of book 2? HA! You're wrong! For apparently it gets worse (with no real hopes of it ever hitting that all-time favourite guilty-pleasure reads list for the future).
I have to admit, it was hard to find lasting hope for the next two installments of this book, and considering it was the last audibook with this particular narrator (and that the next narrator is just... well, we'll get on that in our next review), I lost most of my excitement for this series by the (Earth's) End (haha).
Also, a liiiiil' bit insensitive by having only the background characters be POC, but at least I feel as though POC's aren't quite as fetishized here as in the 'From Bloond and Ash'-series. Also the POC characters in this book were better than the white ones, so no more racism I guess?
Here are are bulletpoints of things I like because I'm getting tired of writing 5 reviews in a row:
- Elecia = cool
- I, thankfully, still like my perfect little untouched Daniel
- Fritz = Less annoying than usual
- Bald-man-air is still the same luke-warm character as always
- Vhalla got a cool fight scene in the beginning act. One of the only times I was hyped up by the action in a book even with the story's inconsistent magic system.
The first half of this book: amazing, breathtaking, coolio.
The second half: No, nononono. God no. Please stop (in the worst of ways)
What the actual fuck happened. What- Aldrik? Mr. Guy? What happened to all that development? This book was really good in its first act, but then... I really don't know what, no WHY, things happened the way they did. Not that's it's a blur, not that everything seemed to go by too fast (well... a little bit of the latter), but the story got so uninteresting towards the end. We got no passion, no motivation, nothing in these acts. You think the story hit its lowest point at the end of book 2? HA! You're wrong! For apparently it gets worse (with no real hopes of it ever hitting that all-time favourite guilty-pleasure reads list for the future).
I have to admit, it was hard to find lasting hope for the next two installments of this book, and considering it was the last audibook with this particular narrator (and that the next narrator is just... well, we'll get on that in our next review), I lost most of my excitement for this series by the (Earth's) End (haha).
Also, a liiiiil' bit insensitive by having only the background characters be POC, but at least I feel as though POC's aren't quite as fetishized here as in the 'From Bloond and Ash'-series. Also the POC characters in this book were better than the white ones, so no more racism I guess?
Here are are bulletpoints of things I like because I'm getting tired of writing 5 reviews in a row:
- Elecia = cool
- I, thankfully, still like my perfect little untouched Daniel
- Fritz = Less annoying than usual
- Bald-man-air is still the same luke-warm character as always
- Vhalla got a cool fight scene in the beginning act. One of the only times I was hyped up by the action in a book even with the story's inconsistent magic system.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder and Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Cannibalism and Genocide
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