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adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
A really exciting fantasy with an interest magic system, although I found it a bit confusing sometimes because the rules were a little inconsistent. If you are higly sensitive to misoginy (and I don't mean that in a negative way), there's a dash of it here. It bothered me a tiny little bit, but not enough to stop enjoying the book, although I have known of women who have either quit reading or stopped after finishing the first book because of it. What liked most about this book was the surprises and how things aren't always the way that they seem and how well Brent Weeks holds off information you are dying to get until at the very moment it pays the most to get it. The multiple POV was very well executed, although the men were better written than the women. Somehow the women are so much more flawed than the men and it's rather irritating, but they don't have nearly as many chapters, so it didn't have to spend the whole book raging about it. Let's hope that improves in the coming books. The story is captivating and I don't know what will happen next or where it's going, but I want to know. I lost sleep over this book. It's a page turner and yet it's 735 pages! I didn't feel that long at all.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, War, and Violence
Moderate: Terminal illness, Sexism, Death of parent, Body horror, Addiction, Drug use, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Bullying, Fatphobia, Slavery, Torture, Misogyny, Death, and Blood
Minor: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Rape, and Vomit
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