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Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amélie Wen Zhao

58 reviews

briely's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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taroroot's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

i loved the Chinese mythology involved in the story. i'm looking forward to seeing how Lan & Zen's paths cross and diverge.

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jacktherapper's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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madlads's review

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective fast-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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sarahww's review

4.0

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: Yes

I read this book as my pick for my 2023 Popular Book Club challenge, knowing very little about it going in, and I was so pleasantly surprised! I really enjoyed the worldbuilding and our characters, and I thought the mystery of Lan's Seal was pretty compelling. I'm typically not the biggest fan of soft magic systems these days, but I thought this one was executed well, although the Elantian metal magic was too vague and Mistborn-esque for my liking.

I plan on keeping this book and continuing with the series, which says a lot because this book only came out last month and I typically go for standalones over series. Would definitely recommend this one, but maybe wait for the second book to come out first!

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nyaxiareads's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

(disclaimer: I've received an advanced reader copy via Netgalley in exchange for a honest review)

This is a tough one because I was very interested in the concepts, especially as it was based on Chinese mythology and Chinese folklore. But ultimately, I wasn’t just able to get invested in the book. I thought the pace felt very slow, and the way the concepts were introduced sometimes felt forced (info dump), which is a shame because the world-building and the magic system had a lot of potential.

The story is written from alternating third-person deep POV for the two main characters, however I didn’t feel the deep POV was used to its full potential, and I didn’t personally feel it added too much to each character besides advancing the narrative.

Even though there was action in this book, I didn’t feel enough connection to the characters or plot overall to make me feel invested in it. I ended up struggling to get through it, and I felt this was the main reason why it took me so long to finish it.

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wolfinthestars's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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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shaipanda's review

3.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Thanks for the publisher for the early copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I seriously considered DNFing this around 35% but pushed through given the very high ratings and how many early reviewers seemed to love this. Unfortunately despite ultimately finishing it I did not end up loving it the way I wanted to. I wasn’t pulled in and despite the drama and action of the story, I found it a bit of a slog to get through personally. I was also really hoping this was a stand alone which it definitely is not, but that’s my own fault for not checking. While I did enjoy the writing and the world overall, I didn’t feel entranced and invested in the characters.
Edit: I’m pushing this up to a 3 because idk 2.75 feels really harsh when there’s nothing specific I remember disliking looking back it was just very meh for me so I’m gonna give it a 3

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drtx_bwt's review against another edition

3.5

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leedolee's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-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: Complicated

A great read! I found myself unable to put this book down as I wanted to keep on reading and find out what came next. The entire plot line, the characters, the lore, and the world were all entertaining, well fleshed-out, and exciting! I’m definitely going to be counting down the days until the next book!

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