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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
Turner certainly enjoys intrigue. Although I don't get as much character depth as I expected, the story is still unique and compelling.
I really enjoyed this book just like the previous one. This one is written in the 3rd person which allows us to see the story from other points of view beyond Gens. I think it became even more apparent in this book that it is a YA book, mostly because it tries to hide a bit too much from the reader, and any informed reader will know exactly what is going on. It also doesn't discuss emotions very much. It's almost as it is being written how you would see it if it were a movie. We don't get to hear how people feel, we just get to see what's going on and what we think they feel. This isn't necessarily a bad thing but in my opinion and the opinion of my writing teachers, the form of a book is that which we can delve into how people think, and if we aren't going to get into thoughts and emotions, you might as well have written a script. It is as if someone took the show don't tell advice to a level of not telling anything. I love the story and the plot which is what is keeping me in. The fact that the author attempts to cleverly conceals things and yet fails to do so with any reader that is paying attention can get a little annoying. But again it has to do with her writing style, she reveals things the way a movie director might, where something was out of focus or just a hint, and then we flash back later to see it better, where as she gives enough hints in the writing to know almost exactly what is going on.
I plan on reading the rest of the series because I do like the characters and the history and the plot, even if I don't feel for the characters quite as much as I do for characters in other series.
I plan on reading the rest of the series because I do like the characters and the history and the plot, even if I don't feel for the characters quite as much as I do for characters in other series.
2020: i just love all these idiots so much. also, the knife dance? splendid.
2019: The Queen of Attolia made me blue all over. I love it to pieces.
2017: This book is perfection.
2019: The Queen of Attolia made me blue all over. I love it to pieces.
2017: This book is perfection.
First, I should apologize to my husband for chewing him out when he interrupted me with 10 pages to go in this book. Second, it's that kind of book. 4.5 stars, mostly because I've heard rumors that the next book is even better. I'm going to go find out...
6.5
Think, Eugenides, before you question the gods. You have much still to lose.
Think, Eugenides, before you question the gods. You have much still to lose.
This book was such a deep escalation of the previous. Now that we know Gen’s real job, things level up. Suddenly it’s not just one kingdom at play, but empires. The escalation of the politics and the stakes that everyone has to lose is just so much more. And the escalation is done well, piece by piece and by slowly revealing all the delicate intricacies of the political game.
My Rating: 5/5 Stars
This book was just as fun as the first one and the raising stakes made you stay invested in all the new plot lines and characters that had been introduced. It was fun and you never knew what wild plan Gen would come up with next.
My Rating: 5/5 Stars
This book was just as fun as the first one and the raising stakes made you stay invested in all the new plot lines and characters that had been introduced. It was fun and you never knew what wild plan Gen would come up with next.
Delightful, delightful, delightful
Megan Whalen Turner does this fun thing where I can never ever ever guess her twists! I can know that there’s probably something coming, but I never know what it’ll be! She doesn’t really throw many clues out there, and I think these are meant to be surprising - it’s honestly very refreshing and fun because the reveals often put everything in a much different context. It’s so interesting that I can have so much of a characters perspective, think I know what’s going on, and still never really know their motivations until Megan drops these things on me and I’m forced to reevaluate my entire perspective!
Really, I loved this one a lot. What a great continuation of The Thief, what a fun expansion of the world. I am so dedicated to these characters truly, even when they do things that surprise me!! This one was a bit perplexing in that specific character sense, but I am very very intrigued by where we’ve ended up.
Megan Whalen Turner does this fun thing where I can never ever ever guess her twists! I can know that there’s probably something coming, but I never know what it’ll be! She doesn’t really throw many clues out there, and I think these are meant to be surprising - it’s honestly very refreshing and fun because the reveals often put everything in a much different context. It’s so interesting that I can have so much of a characters perspective, think I know what’s going on, and still never really know their motivations until Megan drops these things on me and I’m forced to reevaluate my entire perspective!
Really, I loved this one a lot. What a great continuation of The Thief, what a fun expansion of the world. I am so dedicated to these characters truly, even when they do things that surprise me!! This one was a bit perplexing in that specific character sense, but I am very very intrigued by where we’ve ended up.
This book took me a bit to become fully invested, but once it had me it pretty much didn't let go until I'd finished it. There's so much political intrigue going on that you never really knew what was going to happen. The book is full of twists and turns from start to finish, which kept me eagerly reading once I got past the slow start. Some parts genuinely shocked me, which doesn't happen very often. All in all this is a really solidly written series. Turner knows how to make you like her characters, and if you don't necessarily like them, she at least gets you feeling for their situation. I'm looking forward to reading book three in this series to see what happens next!
This only gets better every time I re-read it. I wish I could give more than five stars.