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thecourtofreading's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
"your blood is of the spindles, of distant realms and lost stars."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Death of parent and Gore
Minor: Chronic illness
kindra_demi's review against another edition
I’ve been trying to get into this book. It might be that I’m just not in the mindset for something so high fantasy. But here are my reasons I’m DNF’ing:
- I normally love multiple POV, but the imbalance of the POVs make me extremely uninterested in certain “mc” when they come up. There are also a couple characters I’m still getting mixed up because even though they are an mc, they are mentioned so little that I forget who is who.
- The characters feel predictable and when I’ve gone through half of the book and I have seen literally no character growth, I’m uninterested (especially given that the characters seem to be the thing that is supposed to make you stay).
- The world building is fine and easy to understand, but that’s not a DNF reason. I cannot get over the fact that the author has created these intricate countries and cities, can give names to every item, semi-create languages, but the looming event is called “What Waits”. It genuinely makes me laugh every time I read it.
I may return to it one day, especially after the next books are released, but for now it’ll be a DNF.
- I normally love multiple POV, but the imbalance of the POVs make me extremely uninterested in certain “mc” when they come up. There are also a couple characters I’m still getting mixed up because even though they are an mc, they are mentioned so little that I forget who is who.
- The characters feel predictable and when I’ve gone through half of the book and I have seen literally no character growth, I’m uninterested (especially given that the characters seem to be the thing that is supposed to make you stay).
- The world building is fine and easy to understand, but that’s not a DNF reason. I cannot get over the fact that the author has created these intricate countries and cities, can give names to every item, semi-create languages, but the looming event is called “What Waits”. It genuinely makes me laugh every time I read it.
I may return to it one day, especially after the next books are released, but for now it’ll be a DNF.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Gore, and Violence
Minor: Chronic illness
abigailp's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
This book had super weird pacing. I think a lot of supercilious content could have been cut to streamline the story. For instance, what was the point of including the two chapters centered on the Elder princess Raya (listened to the audiobook and have no clue how her name is spelled). Her chapters did not add anything new to the story. We already knew Elders are physiologically different from humans and can be quite wealthy. We knew Erida was going to marry someone soon. We knew Spindles exist and pose a great threat to the Realm. Her character was not developed at all and was quite similar to Sorasa's that she felt like a cheap copycat.
Sorasa was my favorite character as she is quite witty and cunning. I am interested the see the direction her and Dom's relationship takes. (Their relationship reminded me a lot of Geralt and Yennifer's relationship, especially with Corayne seeming at times like Ciri.) Erida intrigues me. I am willing to give book 2 a try and hope it lives up to the great hero's adventure that epic fantasies often entail.
Sorasa was my favorite character as she is quite witty and cunning. I am interested the see the direction her and Dom's relationship takes. (Their relationship reminded me a lot of Geralt and Yennifer's relationship, especially with Corayne seeming at times like Ciri.) Erida intrigues me. I am willing to give book 2 a try and hope it lives up to the great hero's adventure that epic fantasies often entail.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Murder, Death, and Blood
Minor: Death of parent and Chronic illness
mfieldshalva's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Gore
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