Reviews

A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H.G. Parry

theorah's review

For me personally, I think I just love and know too much about the French Revolution to be able to enjoy this book! I feel the circumstances of the revolution and the characters who partook in them are wonderfully complex and fascinating, and for me the writer was failing to really nail that down. It felt like they had created flat versions of the people lifted from a few specific sources, and chosen not think more carefully about their motivations, the culture around them etc. 
From a non history nerd pov, it was a good effort and I think people not majorly into the history might enjoy this and it's useful of magic to help glide over very complicated politics and capture the essence of the problems of the time. 
But as someone who pm knows people like Robespierre and Camille inside-out, it was weird to read these versions of them where their motivations and personalities were more simplistic, and various circumstances/psychology hadn't been taken into account.

pepsimaxx's review

Each read was as forgettable as the last which with such an exciting premise it just falls flat. The characters and setting are so forgettable I had to keep going back to remind myself what the point of any of this was. 

librarianryan's review against another edition

 

This was a DNF. I started this as an audiobook three different times, and each listen only lasted an hour and a half to two hours into a 20 hour story. The main reason that I DNFed this book is that every time I started this book I couldn’t remember anything I had already listened to. This is because so much of this book is telling not showing. At least in the beginning there is so much set up for who the characters are what they’re doing, etc. It’s almost never ending. Even now, though I have listened to those first two hours multiple times I still cannot tell you anything that happened. I’m not saying this book was bad I’m just saying it wasn’t for me as an audiobook. 

o_ambrogio's review

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

2.75

urat_forta's review

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.25

judithisreading's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

eshalliday's review

5.0

Unfathomably superb! This is the meatiest book I've got my teeth into this year, and I devoured it. Magnificent!

endlessmidnight's review

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.0

It's honestly quite boring think French revolutions with magic, really really not that fun didn't really care for anyone or what was going on or even what was special about magic in this world that made them so dangerous. 

i_am_a_book_dragon's review

dark mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

linwearcamenel's review

adventurous dark funny 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

4.75