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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Interesting epic fantasy, but the book was skimpy on character moments due to the large cast and it prevented me from enjoying it as much. I started out liking Kuni Garu but grew to dislike him as the story continued. That, combined with how long are each of the three following books, make me not want to continue the series. Still, I’m glad I read it. I’ll need to read Ken Liu’s short stories soon and see if I like them more.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
relaxing
sad
slow-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
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I think I enjoyed this book overall but it was also kind of a slog.
The characterization, on the whole, feels very flimsy. We don't spend long enough with any of them to get invested and when characters' behavior changes instead of feeling like the result of some growth (or deterioration) or a breakdown or whatever it just feels completely out of nowhere. There were several examples of this, and they were all irritating. There were also several points of potential interest that just never got developed.
There is a significant amount of lore-dumping, which I usually don't mind, but the lack of emotional investment in anything that happened between the stretches of exposition made it an incredibly dry read.
I may still read Wall of Storms only because I've heard it's so different, but Grace of Kings on its own did not make me interested in continuing the series.
The characterization, on the whole, feels very flimsy. We don't spend long enough with any of them to get invested and when characters' behavior changes instead of feeling like the result of some growth (or deterioration) or a breakdown or whatever it just feels completely out of nowhere. There were several examples of this, and they were all irritating. There were also several points of potential interest that just never got developed.
There is a significant amount of lore-dumping, which I usually don't mind, but the lack of emotional investment in anything that happened between the stretches of exposition made it an incredibly dry read.
I may still read Wall of Storms only because I've heard it's so different, but Grace of Kings on its own did not make me interested in continuing the series.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
3.5, maybe more if you're super into history/historical fiction.
There was always something happening in the book, despite it's long length. Given the limited downtime, a number of characters while likable, felt flat. Characters were sometimes introduced, just to be plucked out of the story later via mishap, divine intervention, etc. The story is ambitious in scope and told through a patchwork-style weaving of many, short events. Overall I found this enjoyable, but think it could have been a bit more focused around specific, complex characters.
There was always something happening in the book, despite it's long length. Given the limited downtime, a number of characters while likable, felt flat. Characters were sometimes introduced, just to be plucked out of the story later via mishap, divine intervention, etc. The story is ambitious in scope and told through a patchwork-style weaving of many, short events. Overall I found this enjoyable, but think it could have been a bit more focused around specific, complex characters.
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
reflective
tense
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:
Yes