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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Almost as good as the first book, but in the end it was relying on the deus ex machina a bit much. Still an enjoyable book with great characters.
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Wow. Just terrible writing. Worst I can remember reading. Almost the whole book consists of sentences containing 8 words or fewer. Such a limited vocabulary and made up of such clichéd and base use of language. Not a single character has any colour or nuance to them, just being a frame to hang the current situation on. The effect being that nothing feels like it has any weight or consequence, throughout. After reading Prince of Thorns I wondered why no one online talks about the Broken Empire books when discussing good fantasy series. While 'Prince' was simple and straightforward, I felt it was an exciting entry to a grimy and unforgiving world. After now reading 'King', I understand why no one talks of these books when discussing quality fantasy. Even the cover recommendations on this book are actually praise for the first book. A fact that only become known to me when, about halfway through the book, I started to believe it impossible they could have thought those things about this book. Unfortunately, in an effort to expand my experience of grimdark books I bought all 3 Broken Empire books at once. So, I have that wholly undesirable prospect of the 3rd book to consider in the future. A long time in the future. If I don't discard the series entirely at this stage?
I kept getting confused on when and where the story was happening. Maybe that would have been different if I wasn't doing the audiobook. I got to a point where I was confused about the characters' goals and I was just kind of bored. There were some great lines though! Maybe I'll try this series again another time.
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Enjoyable, but not as much as the first - Prince of Thorns
adventurous
challenging
dark
sad
tense
slow-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
Loved it. As good as the first book and I seriously cannot wait for book three. I will say it again, this is such a refreshing slant on fantasy that is so much more gritty than the flowery old school fantasy. You will not be disappointed.
Vyborna kniha, ktora pokracuje tam kde posledna skoncila. Pokracuje viacmenej v rovnakom style, ale je vidiet ze autor uz ma nieco viac za sebou a bez problemov dokaze utiahnut pomerne zlozitu (na pomery 500 stranovych fantasy anyway) zapletku.
Hned zkraja poviem, ze kniha je lepsia ako ta predosla, coz odraza aj hodnotenie. A dodam, ze sucastne so zvysenim poctu stranok sa zvysilo aj mnozstvo nasilia. Rozumieme, ja nie som nijak utlocitny, vsetky tie srandicky co tam Jorg stvara mi nejak nevadia, ale bola jedna scena pri ktorej sa to dokonca aj mne citalo len velmi tazko. Vobec nezavidim prekladatelovi a editorovi, co tu scenu pravdepodobne museli rozpitvavat do detailov. V pripade ze budem tuto knihu citat znova, tuto scenu jednoducho preskocim - raz mi stacilo.
Povazujte sa za varovanych - ak mate psov, velku predstavivost a nedostatocnu otrlost voci vsetkym a vsetkemu, tak to snad ani necitajte.
Inak kniha je vyborna, odporucam ludom co sa im pacil prvy diel, slubujem ze tento je lepsi. Pribehovo sa odohrava v dvoch liniach, jedna je zhruba 3 mesiace po skonceni jednotky a venuje sa hlavne Jorgovmu cestovaniu po svete, druha sa odohrava o 4 roky neskor, kedy Jorgov hrad oblieha 20 tisicova armada princa zo Sipova, pricom Jorg ma k dispozicii necelu tisicku vojakov. Finale je samozrejme epicke, ale trosicku deus ex machina writingu pred ktorym som varoval minule je tam opat citit.
Hned zkraja poviem, ze kniha je lepsia ako ta predosla, coz odraza aj hodnotenie. A dodam, ze sucastne so zvysenim poctu stranok sa zvysilo aj mnozstvo nasilia. Rozumieme, ja nie som nijak utlocitny, vsetky tie srandicky co tam Jorg stvara mi nejak nevadia, ale bola jedna scena pri ktorej sa to dokonca aj mne citalo len velmi tazko. Vobec nezavidim prekladatelovi a editorovi, co tu scenu pravdepodobne museli rozpitvavat do detailov. V pripade ze budem tuto knihu citat znova, tuto scenu jednoducho preskocim - raz mi stacilo.
Povazujte sa za varovanych - ak mate psov, velku predstavivost a nedostatocnu otrlost voci vsetkym a vsetkemu, tak to snad ani necitajte.
Inak kniha je vyborna, odporucam ludom co sa im pacil prvy diel, slubujem ze tento je lepsi. Pribehovo sa odohrava v dvoch liniach, jedna je zhruba 3 mesiace po skonceni jednotky a venuje sa hlavne Jorgovmu cestovaniu po svete, druha sa odohrava o 4 roky neskor, kedy Jorgov hrad oblieha 20 tisicova armada princa zo Sipova, pricom Jorg ma k dispozicii necelu tisicku vojakov. Finale je samozrejme epicke, ale trosicku deus ex machina writingu pred ktorym som varoval minule je tam opat citit.