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dezzella's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
I went in wanting to love this book, and there are certainly aspects I liked, but over all I felt the execution could have been done differently/better.
I did like the two worlds concept between the dragons and humans, and some of the magic pieces. I wish there was more clarity on some of the worldbuilding, it made sense for the characters to already know things about the magic and world. As a reader it felt like I was missing out on details, though the magic system was interesting and unique.
I also found myself a bit bored/losing interest while reading and had considered DNF'ing but ended up pushing through. I will admit that the last 10 chapters or so were better than the rest of the book. The training scenes started to feel repetitive and stretched out over many chapters. And the changes of perspective were unique but they were a bit jarring and felt strange when reading; it felt like the flow of the narrative was interrupted when the type of POV would change.
Also how pronouns were tackled for this world was very cool and I hope that more people will do something like it.
Overall this story wasn't really my cup of tea, and I probably won't continue the series as of right now, but I'm glad there are others who enjoy it and perhaps the author will improve the style in future books. :)
I did like the two worlds concept between the dragons and humans, and some of the magic pieces. I wish there was more clarity on some of the worldbuilding, it made sense for the characters to already know things about the magic and world. As a reader it felt like I was missing out on details, though the magic system was interesting and unique.
I also found myself a bit bored/losing interest while reading and had considered DNF'ing but ended up pushing through. I will admit that the last 10 chapters or so were better than the rest of the book. The training scenes started to feel repetitive and stretched out over many chapters. And the changes of perspective were unique but they were a bit jarring and felt strange when reading; it felt like the flow of the narrative was interrupted when the type of POV would change.
Also how pronouns were tackled for this world was very cool and I hope that more people will do something like it.
Overall this story wasn't really my cup of tea, and I probably won't continue the series as of right now, but I'm glad there are others who enjoy it and perhaps the author will improve the style in future books. :)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder and Death
Moderate: Gore
Minor: Death of parent
norwegianforestreader's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Gore, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Violence, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and War
puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I received an e-ARC of this book through Netgalley.
In Dragonfall a dragon, stuck in a humanoid form after falling from his homeworld in another dimension, has to work together with human thief Arcady — to strengthen their bond, and then kill them. The story is told through multiple perspectives, with the framing device of being compiled by an unkown archivist. This is one of the things I loved, but that put off a lot of readers in the more negative reviews I’ve seen.
Another complaint I noticed is the amount of ‘infodumping’ at the start, which surprised me because I thought the worldbuilding was set up in a very organic way for a high fantasy… So I’m guessing those last words are key. If you’re used to reading books from writers like Robin Hobb, or worse (/teasing) Tolkien, this kind of worldbuilding set up is probably second nature to you. If you’re me it’s one of your favourite parts of the genre.
I could tell you about the painfully slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance (they can’t touch! because it hurts because of magic!), but I wanted to centre my review on the stuff I liked that some other people didn’t. Not to hate on those people, because tastes differ and that’s fine! Just to show that one person’s turn-off can be another person’s favourite thing.
I loved the setting, the characters, the magic system, everything and especially the ‘weird’ stuff. More please! Where is the fanart of dragons and dragon people! Send it to me! I will be over here, patiently waiting for the sequel.
Review originally posted on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cu1a8Lmrh_9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Another complaint I noticed is the amount of ‘infodumping’ at the start, which surprised me because I thought the worldbuilding was set up in a very organic way for a high fantasy… So I’m guessing those last words are key. If you’re used to reading books from writers like Robin Hobb, or worse (/teasing) Tolkien, this kind of worldbuilding set up is probably second nature to you. If you’re me it’s one of your favourite parts of the genre.
I could tell you about the painfully slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance (they can’t touch! because it hurts because of magic!), but I wanted to centre my review on the stuff I liked that some other people didn’t. Not to hate on those people, because tastes differ and that’s fine! Just to show that one person’s turn-off can be another person’s favourite thing.
I loved the setting, the characters, the magic system, everything and especially the ‘weird’ stuff. More please! Where is the fanart of dragons and dragon people! Send it to me! I will be over here, patiently waiting for the sequel.
Review originally posted on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cu1a8Lmrh_9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Classism, Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Confinement, Death of parent, Cannibalism, and Gore
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