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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Before there was Jorg , there was Kylar. While the last book isn’t as strong, this first installment is a good one. If you like epic fantasy and wetwork, then you’d probably love this!
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
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
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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
It's been too long since I've read Brent Weeks. Enjoyable and complex, just like I remember.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Slavery, War
Man, I hated this book. Easy read, but the characters sucked, the plot sucked, the plot conflict was the exact thing most of the characters said couldn't happen if you were appropriately hard-assed, but which happened instantly because their actions and their words were complete opposites.
It's a perfect example of tell-don't-show, as an antipattern for good writing.
I think I read 1.5 Weeks books after this, and they were better, but not enough better to make three star territory.
If you're a 12-year-old boy this will probably resonate. Otherwise, not so much. It's got no heart, and what balls it has are all up in the brain.
It's a perfect example of tell-don't-show, as an antipattern for good writing.
I think I read 1.5 Weeks books after this, and they were better, but not enough better to make three star territory.
If you're a 12-year-old boy this will probably resonate. Otherwise, not so much. It's got no heart, and what balls it has are all up in the brain.
I'm not sold on this yet. It is entertaining, but the difficulty resolving whether the world is modern, medieval, or something else bothers me. Does commit to make the antiheroes pretty anti, very close to villains on the sliding scale of moral ambiguity, which is a bold choice.