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flahri's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-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? It's complicated
3.75
rayarriz's review
5.0
stunning story
so beautiful, complex, poetic, tense. I was hooked the entire time. I couldn't have predicted the ending and I'm glad I couldn't. There were lots of twists and gorgeous descriptions. It just felt so otherworldly. And the best thing? all three main characters were my favorites
so beautiful, complex, poetic, tense. I was hooked the entire time. I couldn't have predicted the ending and I'm glad I couldn't. There were lots of twists and gorgeous descriptions. It just felt so otherworldly. And the best thing? all three main characters were my favorites
grizi22's review against another edition
4.0
Eins der ersten Fanatsybücher die ich gelesen habe die nicht auf die Jugend ausgelegt waren.
Musste mich an den neuen Umfang etwas gewöhnen, konnte dann die Stimmung und die Geschichte aber sehr genießen. :)
4*.
Musste mich an den neuen Umfang etwas gewöhnen, konnte dann die Stimmung und die Geschichte aber sehr genießen. :)
4*.
themanfromdelmonte's review
1.0
Garbage. Simplistic language, trite plot, tired memes. This should have a reading age no older than 10. I jumped ship on page 30 when I realised (with horror) that there were just under 1,000 to go.
dachle's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
5.0
ansl's review against another edition
5.0
2017: Het Grote Experimentele Elfen Leesexperiment zit erop! En ik moet zeggen: het is wel een aanrader om dat te doen. Het enige probleem is echter wel dat wanneer ik terug begon met de stukjes uit 'De Elfen', ik soms niet meer wist wat Mandred, Farodin en Nuramon ook alweer hadden beleefd, dus moest ik soms wel wat terugbladeren. Maar desondanks is het fijn geweest, en leerde ik ook alle personages echt goed kennen.
Wel baal ik nog altijd van de keuze van Noroelle, of eerder baal ik vanwege het lot van degene die is achtergebleven (persoonlijk zou ik waarschijnlijk super kwaad zijn geweest, zeker omdat er totaal geen mogelijkheid bestond om terug te keren naar Alfenmark).
Achja, ik ga Alfenmark en het Fjordland wel een beetje missen, maar misschien kan ik gewoon terug opnieuw beginnen met de Drakenelfen, tot het nieuwe boek uitkomt (gepland voor juli 2017, woop!).
Wel baal ik nog altijd van de keuze van Noroelle, of eerder baal ik vanwege het lot van degene die is achtergebleven (persoonlijk zou ik waarschijnlijk super kwaad zijn geweest, zeker omdat er totaal geen mogelijkheid bestond om terug te keren naar Alfenmark).
Achja, ik ga Alfenmark en het Fjordland wel een beetje missen, maar misschien kan ik gewoon terug opnieuw beginnen met de Drakenelfen, tot het nieuwe boek uitkomt (gepland voor juli 2017, woop!).
thewallflower00's review against another edition
3.0
It took me two months of dedicated reading to complete this. Of course, I took breaks along the way, but still, I feel stories can wear out their welcome. We’re not in the era of television-less-ness anymore. We don’t need War and Peace to keep us occupied. And this is a callback to those kinds of books. It’s a saga rooted in high fantasy and Norse/Germanic myths (like elves and dwarves).
We’ve got three main characters. Two are elves who have been rivals for a girl elf’s love for whatever thousands of years elves live. The last is a viking who gets treated like the comic relief throughout the book. Seriously, you think he’s going to be a badass, but the elves treat him like Gimli in the Lord of the Rings movies. Every place they go, the elves cluck their tongues at him for drinking, fighting, and being crude (although no more than any normal viking) and go “look at this boorish human, ha ha”. They’re like Legolas in every way–eagle vision, can do magic, nimble, skilled warrior, and so on. Very few female parts that don’t involve a queen or someone more important’s daughter, so don’t look here for any diversity.
It is well-written, it’s just so damn long. You forget who characters are, what places are. There’s a map in the beginning but it only covers a small portion of the world. Maybe I’m a dummy, but if you’re going to make a novel this big and sprawling, add a few cheat sheets in there.
And as a result, I don’t think I can recommend this book. It’s good enough for a normal size novel, but not for something this long. It took me eighteen hours–I could have read three or four other books in that time. I can’t help but think I’d have been better off continuing The Expanse.
We’ve got three main characters. Two are elves who have been rivals for a girl elf’s love for whatever thousands of years elves live. The last is a viking who gets treated like the comic relief throughout the book. Seriously, you think he’s going to be a badass, but the elves treat him like Gimli in the Lord of the Rings movies. Every place they go, the elves cluck their tongues at him for drinking, fighting, and being crude (although no more than any normal viking) and go “look at this boorish human, ha ha”. They’re like Legolas in every way–eagle vision, can do magic, nimble, skilled warrior, and so on. Very few female parts that don’t involve a queen or someone more important’s daughter, so don’t look here for any diversity.
It is well-written, it’s just so damn long. You forget who characters are, what places are. There’s a map in the beginning but it only covers a small portion of the world. Maybe I’m a dummy, but if you’re going to make a novel this big and sprawling, add a few cheat sheets in there.
And as a result, I don’t think I can recommend this book. It’s good enough for a normal size novel, but not for something this long. It took me eighteen hours–I could have read three or four other books in that time. I can’t help but think I’d have been better off continuing The Expanse.
kaelstrom's review against another edition
5.0
The English narrator on the audio book is fantastic. Could’ve done without the last chapter, but it tied the strings.