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853 reviews for:

Koning der Wrake

Mark Lawrence

4.03 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot

RTC
adventurous dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Лорънс пише увлекателно и целенасочено без излишни описания ,тук там с черен хумор и брутална натуралистичност,единственият минус за мен е ,че историята не е богата на зрелищни събития и по-заплетени сюжетни линии (пример Абъркромби,Ериксън) и въпреки това те омагьосва с простотата си.Психологията на Йорг е разкрита със философски маниер,който ни показва че същността му не е само черно и бяло ,а има и отенъци на сиво и той води борба със себе си за това коя страна да заеме,осъзнава психо/социопатичната си личност и иска да се промени (,,Живот без промяна не е живот") ,но обстоятелствата дооформят характера,а тези в които се забърква Йорг са все негативни.Има момент в който искаш Йорг да не победи защото се вижда че е гадно копеленце,а има по достоен от него за императорската корона (поклон на Лоуранс,че това го е измислил майсторски),свежо е когато намразиш "любимия" си герой и искаш да умре (ха,ха,ха).Адмирации за Марк Лорънс до тук и двете книги влизат в списъка любимо фентъзи !

Audio review, actual rating 3.5⭐️
I enjoy listening to the narrator, his voice is calm and soothing. Too soothing. I find I am not actually listening to the words. He really only has 2 voices- the dim wit and the high born. The women are just one of those 2 as well.
I hated the timelines!! Perhaps it would have been easier to follow in print format. Going back and forth took away from the story and me being able to immerse myself in it. Every time ‘four years earlier’ was announced- I wondered if it was four years earlier than the last 4 years earlier? Ie- 8 years earlier? But no, it wasn’t. And Katherine’s journal entries had dates. No dates are mentioned elsewhere, so nearly impossible to tell when her story is taking place. It was frustrating
It has been a long time since reading Prince of Thorns, so it made this read more difficult. I only know a few characters by name. I just accepted that I didn’t know who the author was talking about.
I finished this yesterday and I don’t even remember how it ended
adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No