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4.3 AVERAGE
4.3 AVERAGE
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
2.5
DNF at pg 435 out of 537.
This was just ok. The beautiful world, descriptions, and lore were unfortunately surrounded by a plot that wasn't interesting to me and characters that weren't compelling. Nearly all of the main characters had the same tone of voice, and none of them stood out to me. The most exciting part of the novel happens after page 350, which wasn't truly that exciting, that's just when the book felt like it finally began. There also weren't any memorable or meaningful women in this book, which made the story feel flat and underdeveloped. I couldn't make myself read the last 100 pages when I asked myself if I truly cared enough to know what happens to Locke. Soft DNF, may return at a later time.
DNF at pg 435 out of 537.
This was just ok. The beautiful world, descriptions, and lore were unfortunately surrounded by a plot that wasn't interesting to me and characters that weren't compelling. Nearly all of the main characters had the same tone of voice, and none of them stood out to me. The most exciting part of the novel happens after page 350, which wasn't truly that exciting, that's just when the book felt like it finally began. There also weren't any memorable or meaningful women in this book, which made the story feel flat and underdeveloped. I couldn't make myself read the last 100 pages when I asked myself if I truly cared enough to know what happens to Locke. Soft DNF, may return at a later time.
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
So close to a 5 star, just a took a bit of effort to get into.
The ending made it worth it, easily
The ending made it worth it, easily
adventurous
dark
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Дисклеймер: Кинула на 82%, отак. Трійка суто через розуміння, що об'єктивно книга хороша.
Сетінг і взагалі концепція Шельм звучать як абсолютно моє. Схвальні відгуки цікавих мені авторів обіцяли чудове читання. Наявність імені пана Лінча на одному рівні з відомими авторками та авторами фентезі теж не аби що. І я люблю фентезі. Коротше, в різних виданнях і форматах я мала цю книгу чотири рази протягом останніх десяти років, перш ніж взяти її читати. Ніщо не віщувало біди, та може високі очікування все і зіпсували.
Не вдалося прив'язатися до героїв, хіба що трохи до Жана. Відповідно і переживати/вболівати за них не тойво. Каморр теж мав бути шикарним, я зберегла тонну артів на пінтересті, але в тексті атмосфери міста прикро мало (а ілюстрації від Неба взагалі ні в тин!). Показовим моментом стало вбивство Наски, дочки кримінального барона-капи. Я її не знаю, про неї автор давав флешбеки, але вона все одно тільки на словах щось там мала значення. Тож жага помсти Лока була мені meh - розумію, хлопче, що вона твоя давня подруга, але та й таке. Ну ладно, думаю, вона другорядна героїня, може в тому причина. Але коли вбивабть близнюків, а мені було тільки очі закотити, тут вже вдавати цікавість не вийшло. І знову обіцянка помсти до останнього трупа змушувала стинати плечима. Не такі вже цікаві ті близнюки, щоб перерізати купу народу за них. За першу книгу сюжетна арка не закрилася б явно, читати наступні книги не планую точно, то й нащо дочитувати останні сторінки тут тоді. Як же шкода, я третину життя розраховувала на цю серію!
(А, і ще велике фє Лі Бардуго. Коли кажуть, що Шістка воронів - це Ламора на мінімалках, я знала, що так і є. Але й не підозрювала, що аж настільки. Злизані як деякі "сюжетоутворюючі" штуки, так і маленькі деталюшки, аж сумно спостерігати. Треба передивитись свою оцінку дилогії певно що.)
DNF. based on the summary of this book I thought it would have been a home run hit. however I could not get over that I didn't understand anything about the setting or why it existed in this way for me to enjoy the plot line of thievery and gentlemanly conning. the shark dancers? what is this place and why does it exist? why am I reading random excerpts describing it to me but then the plot line I'm into could have easily been placed in the real world? I kept trying to read into if it would all be made clear in the end so it was worth the battle to keep going, but I couldn't and so therefore I didn't.
I liked it, not one of my favourites. I kept getting stuck and having to encourage myself to get back into it. I can't put my finger on what it was. There's plenty of character development, but maybe a bit too much detail with the world building and place setting. Which is definitely a personal preference thing. Beware the story moves around a lot and jumps between timelines, so make sure you have paitence for that.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I never felt like I met the characters, and I never felt introduced to the world even remotely. The writing style, while tolerable on its own, is far too wordy to excuse the book feeling so blank after 200 pages. I am disappointed, because I was very intrigued by everything I heard about this book. I’ll likely return to it in the future.