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Dark Age

Pierce Brown

4.41 AVERAGE

levine_maxwell's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-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

god this one is depressing

bgtrev's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

raelou9211's review against another edition

2.0

Ugggghhhh....sooo disappointed.

This is such a far fall from grace. The first trilogy was PHENOMENAL! I couldn’t wait to continue Darrow’s story, and that’s one of my main contentions. It’s not Darrow’s story any more. So many POV from characters I care nothing for while Darrow is cast as a side character in his own revolution.

Second, the first trilogy evoked such a deep emotional response. When Ragnar dies I’m a mess, no matter how many times I’ve reread it. In Dark Age the characters are never developed enough to care whether they live or die. But soooo many do die and it just feels like Pierce is mining for shock value instead of creating a truly great story. Every chapter is death, destruction and betrayal. It’s numbing. By the time you’ve finished you don’t give a shit about any character, you’re just glad to be done.

I’m holding out hope that Book six will make up for this mess and make me love this series again. Hail Reaper....

katdawso's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark tense fast-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

natashaw8's review

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Yet another wonderfully written and performed piece of the puzzle! I was on the edge of my seat for most of this, unexpected twists and grisly murders! I laughed, I cried, I gasped with shock... this story has it all.