Reviews - An Echo of Things to Come

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An Echo of Things to Come

James Islington

4.13 AVERAGE

kachterhof's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

khryslo's review against another edition

4.75

Me after the epilogue: 🫨😱😭🫣🫥

A little less than a year ago, I read the first part of this trilogy. All I really remember is that I didn't understand anything but somehow I was left satisfied. I thank the author, editor, or whoever it was who thought to add a detailed recap of the previous part at the beginning because without it I would not have been able to get through this part. And even after that I still didn't fully understand what was happening. I was in shock, my shock was in shock, in short, me, myself, and I were in shock as if I was reading it for the first time. It wasn't easy to get absorbed in the story again but it was a blast! I vaguely remember that in the first part not all POVs were interesting to me but by the end, all four became like family to me, and perhaps because of this, it was quick and much easier reading than before.

I have no idea where this is going and how it will end but I've heard that there's one of the best redemption arcs in this series, so I really hope the author doesn't let me down.

tank7's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

timboslice93's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

morganrae5601's review

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is an incredibley complex high fantasy but I am loving it! Did not expect some of the twists. There are lots of POVs which i generally love but it did impact flow and pacing a little bit for me. Some pieces of the plot have finally connected for me and while at times I've struggled with some of the names/concepts book 2 has a glossary and character list!! Also starts with a recap!! Im definitely interested in the ending and diving right in!

theanswerisbooks's review against another edition

4.0

Reading this series is like watching some unseen force put together a jigsaw puzzle without regard to matching like pieces to like. They're just placing random pieces all over the board higgledy-piggledy. You can see they have a plan and they know the plan, but you cannot see the plan, and it is very disorienting. I'm interested to see what the whole looks like once more pieces are in place.