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4.41 AVERAGE
4.41 AVERAGE
slow-paced
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
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
If they had Reddit in Daevabad, then r/AITA would rate this ESH probably. I loved the twists and turns and character growth. I look forward to seeing if/how the next and final book answers the question "can we move on from our bloody past?"
I only managed to get about halfway through the book before giving up. I thought the first book was okay, a little muddled, but good characters and with great politics and some highs and lows and great tension.
Kingdom of Copper doubles down on the things I disliked. It's been 5 years since the end of the first book and no one has changed at all. Nahir? Sure she's a better physician now, but she apparently hasn't done a single thing to increase her political acumen or her standing at court. She doesn't even have a trusted maidservant or even seem to trust Nisreen all that much. Ali has to come back to the city, where we realize he hasn't changed at all in the five years of his exile and he does all the stuff that got him banished in the first book. Not to mention the secret-keeping! Like my god I understand mysteries but it means most of our POV characters have no idea what's going on and keep getting told its for their own good (Nahir), scolded for not handling situations correctly (Ali), or being told to just follow orders (Dava). It feels like a bunch of characters twiddling their thumbs until others condescend to inform them about the plot.
Kingdom of Copper doubles down on the things I disliked. It's been 5 years since the end of the first book and no one has changed at all. Nahir? Sure she's a better physician now, but she apparently hasn't done a single thing to increase her political acumen or her standing at court. She doesn't even have a trusted maidservant or even seem to trust Nisreen all that much. Ali has to come back to the city, where we realize he hasn't changed at all in the five years of his exile and he does all the stuff that got him banished in the first book. Not to mention the secret-keeping! Like my god I understand mysteries but it means most of our POV characters have no idea what's going on and keep getting told its for their own good (Nahir), scolded for not handling situations correctly (Ali), or being told to just follow orders (Dava). It feels like a bunch of characters twiddling their thumbs until others condescend to inform them about the plot.
5 out of 5 stars! This book was a great second installment in the series, a proper "middle" of a story where everything is being set up.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-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 was SO GOOD. The characters developed beautifully, the new characters added new perspectives and priorities, and the plot was like four trains hurtling toward the same switch - tense and risky and unstoppable.