Reviews - Seven Faceless Saints

992 reviews for:

Seven Faceless Saints

M.K. Lobb

3.5 AVERAGE

disnelyse's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

cchorner21's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is a slow dread. It really has a lot of what the characters are thinking that is overdone, could be inferred, or could be in dialogue instead.

its_just_mel_'s review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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: Complicated

c_worobec's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional 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

millaay's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The premise of Seven Faceless Saints is somewhat intriguing, but the execution didn’t work for me. The writing felt clunky at times, and the word “unhinged” was used so frequently it became distracting—especially given the likely historical or pseudo-historical setting, where it felt out of place.

One of the more frustrating parts was toward the end, where Damian essentially walks the reader through the villain’s motives in a way that felt unnecessary and almost condescending. It gave the impression that the author didn’t trust the audience to put the pieces together on their own.

Overall, the book had potential, but the writing style and narrative choices pulled me out of the story too often to really enjoy it.