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epruta's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
ihlonial's review against another edition
2.0
In Blackveil I expressed that I was finally feeling like this series was going the direction i wanted it to and I praised Britain for being able to tell such a compelling, complex story and I was genuinely so invested in this series and was ready to put this as one of my top series ever.
Until this book.
This book broke me.
I am not the first victim of the tragedy that is this book. I truly had such high hopes and wishes for where Britain would take this series next. But this book was not it. This book is what I believe to be an author who has fallen out of love with her series but is stuck in a contract to finish this series and so she bends her next manuscript to be about what she wants using the characters of the series she's already got. This was not a high adventure fantasy novel about good fighting evil. This was a steampunk revolutionist piece that should have been a standalone novel that had nothing to do with Karrigan and all of my favorite characters.
I don't like Karrigan in this book. I don't like anyone she meets. None of my favorite characters make an appearance and I don't think any of this is actually tonally in sync with the rest of the series and it's profoundly upsetting to see how quickly a series can crumble. And it's so bold for Britain to do such a thing when the Green Rider series is her only laurel.
I usually abstain from being so scathing in my reviews, but I just feel so utterly betrayed.
I'm sincerely hoping that things can be repaired after this dumpster fire.
Until this book.
This book broke me.
I am not the first victim of the tragedy that is this book. I truly had such high hopes and wishes for where Britain would take this series next. But this book was not it. This book is what I believe to be an author who has fallen out of love with her series but is stuck in a contract to finish this series and so she bends her next manuscript to be about what she wants using the characters of the series she's already got. This was not a high adventure fantasy novel about good fighting evil. This was a steampunk revolutionist piece that should have been a standalone novel that had nothing to do with Karrigan and all of my favorite characters.
I don't like Karrigan in this book. I don't like anyone she meets. None of my favorite characters make an appearance and I don't think any of this is actually tonally in sync with the rest of the series and it's profoundly upsetting to see how quickly a series can crumble. And it's so bold for Britain to do such a thing when the Green Rider series is her only laurel.
I usually abstain from being so scathing in my reviews, but I just feel so utterly betrayed.
I'm sincerely hoping that things can be repaired after this dumpster fire.
tsundoku_reader's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
sashalei's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
livarleth's review against another edition
4.0
Started by being very frustrating. But then it picked up and the characters shone through. That ending though.
metalandteacups's review against another edition
3.0
So, I've been dragging my feet about reading this. I bought my copy back in 2015, and it has sat on my bookshelf until about two weeks ago, in anticipation of the next and hopefully last book will be released this March. (I was wrong as Britain has just posted that she has started working on Green Rider 7)
I forgot how tedious Britain's writing can be ,and understand why it has taken her so long to write this series. Sometimes the story is incredibly slow paced and exceedingly detailed, with not a lot of intrigue between characters. Other times the details can be scattered and sudden, with maybe the desired affect?
I honestly felt like this book may not have been necessary, as it has let us glimpse a future that longer exists. It mostly felt like a cop out, an easy way to provide the characters with the information they conveniently needed.
I am definitely intrigue to see how the events of Mirror Sight will shape the rest of the series.
I forgot how tedious Britain's writing can be ,and understand why it has taken her so long to write this series. Sometimes the story is incredibly slow paced and exceedingly detailed, with not a lot of intrigue between characters. Other times the details can be scattered and sudden, with maybe the desired affect?
I honestly felt like this book may not have been necessary, as it has let us glimpse a future that longer exists. It mostly felt like a cop out, an easy way to provide the characters with the information they conveniently needed.
I am definitely intrigue to see how the events of Mirror Sight will shape the rest of the series.
moriaine's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
mxsallybend's review against another edition
4.0
When I posted by review of Blackveil, I was warned that the next one was a complete change of gears. In fact, I had one reader suggest that I skip it entirely, and move straight to Firebrand. Having read - and enjoyed - Mirror Sight, I can see why some readers where thrown by what Kristen Britain did, and can understand why they might have been unsettled by the change of setting and the shift in genre.
The story opens two centuries after the fall of Sacoridia, in a Victorian era dystopia ruled over by the Emperor of the Serpentine Empire. It's a dark, dirty, industrialized world, one where magic is nearly exhausted, and where creepy mechanical overseers monitor rebellious thoughts, words, and actions.
What immediately caught my interest was the archaeological excavations of the Sacoridia that Karigan called home. There are petty treasure hunters looking for historical artifacts to sell on the black market, and big-scale digs looking to recover evidence of magic and magical devices. Karigan literally comes to this world because of tomb raiding, waking up inside a stone sarcophagus, and then coming under the care of one of the era's most prominent archaeologists.
It's not just a setting, though, it's also a story. Britain tells a story of oppression, paranoia, resistance, and rebellion, exploring the conflict between genders, classes, families, and eras. It's a slow-moving story, and one in which Karigan spends considerable time laid up and drugged, but it's fascinating to see the consequences of having lost the war against Mornhavon. Denied her magic, no longer a Green Rider, and isolated from friends and allies, she is more human here than ever before - and that vulnerability opens up some interesting story threads, including a pivotal romance. While that aspect seems to have some readers groaning and rolling their eyes, I thought the romance worked, and the echoes of it in the final chapters are powerful.
This volume also reveals what happened to Lord Amberhill, and his ties to this dark future are interesting. I'm not entirely sure I liked his role, and I'm still not sure whether Britain had an arc defined for him or whether she's winging it, but it makes for an interesting read.
Mirror Sight is very much a solo Karigan adventure, more urban fantasy than epic fantasy, but I enjoyed the approach and thought it made for an interesting tale.
https://sallybend.wordpress.com/2019/04/19/mirror-sight-by-kristen-britain-fantasy/
The story opens two centuries after the fall of Sacoridia, in a Victorian era dystopia ruled over by the Emperor of the Serpentine Empire. It's a dark, dirty, industrialized world, one where magic is nearly exhausted, and where creepy mechanical overseers monitor rebellious thoughts, words, and actions.
What immediately caught my interest was the archaeological excavations of the Sacoridia that Karigan called home. There are petty treasure hunters looking for historical artifacts to sell on the black market, and big-scale digs looking to recover evidence of magic and magical devices. Karigan literally comes to this world because of tomb raiding, waking up inside a stone sarcophagus, and then coming under the care of one of the era's most prominent archaeologists.
It's not just a setting, though, it's also a story. Britain tells a story of oppression, paranoia, resistance, and rebellion, exploring the conflict between genders, classes, families, and eras. It's a slow-moving story, and one in which Karigan spends considerable time laid up and drugged, but it's fascinating to see the consequences of having lost the war against Mornhavon. Denied her magic, no longer a Green Rider, and isolated from friends and allies, she is more human here than ever before - and that vulnerability opens up some interesting story threads, including a pivotal romance. While that aspect seems to have some readers groaning and rolling their eyes, I thought the romance worked, and the echoes of it in the final chapters are powerful.
This volume also reveals what happened to Lord Amberhill, and his ties to this dark future are interesting. I'm not entirely sure I liked his role, and I'm still not sure whether Britain had an arc defined for him or whether she's winging it, but it makes for an interesting read.
Mirror Sight is very much a solo Karigan adventure, more urban fantasy than epic fantasy, but I enjoyed the approach and thought it made for an interesting tale.
https://sallybend.wordpress.com/2019/04/19/mirror-sight-by-kristen-britain-fantasy/
galigaes's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25