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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
sad
tense
slow-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
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:
No
The shine was lost a little bit for me but was still a fun time. The characters can be fairly frustrating, but the journey aspect is something I found I enjoy as they try and save the world, and I like the mismatched gang that has formed. It has the element of putting things together after things have already gone to shit, which I do like as it makes them the underdogs, and they know each other better now at this point in the story so character relationships get to delve a little deeper than before.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
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:
N/A
adventurous
medium-paced
Ugh this book was so freaking good, I loved the character development and getting to see the relationships between characters grow throughout their journey. Dom and Sorasa are still my favorite but Corayne and Andry aren’t far behind. I couldn’t help but also root for Taristan and Erida, which is honestly a mark of good storytelling, and now I’m wishing more books out there had me rooting for the villains. But man that ending was heartbreaking 😭
DNF at 15%
There is a video on social media where someone is trying to read a fantasy novel, and all of the descriptions and names mesh with each other and sound like random noises you make with your mouth ("Hollabrand of the caste of the Verturnija stormed the high fae cadre of the Western Acropolis as the winds of Xueltaja whistled past...").
*eye twitch*
I'll be honest, I struggled so much because I barely remembered what happened in the first book. And I'm guessing Aveyard isn't the type to include a recap section (though she totally should), because this starts off fast, with no preamble, and I had zero clue what was happening. Any connection or interest I previously had was lost to confusion and irritation, like that of a senile old woman who is looking for her socks. Plus, I do have the recollection that the first book of this series was a LOTR knockoff, with all of the complicated histories, and dynamics, and random songs and witchy women crooning. I gave up on this pretty early on, and heavily skimmed the rest of it (I genuinely have no idea what happened, so I cannot help you).
My advice is wait until these all come out, then read them all fairly close together so you can remember and invest yourself in whatever is going on (there's a bad person...though I don't know who that is. But they are bad for...some reason).
Plus, if there are characters deaths (spoiler...there are character deaths...I think?), you'll be thrown into an emotional upheaval rather than the disinterested shrug I gave this.
There is a video on social media where someone is trying to read a fantasy novel, and all of the descriptions and names mesh with each other and sound like random noises you make with your mouth ("Hollabrand of the caste of the Verturnija stormed the high fae cadre of the Western Acropolis as the winds of Xueltaja whistled past...").
*eye twitch*
I'll be honest, I struggled so much because I barely remembered what happened in the first book. And I'm guessing Aveyard isn't the type to include a recap section (though she totally should), because this starts off fast, with no preamble, and I had zero clue what was happening. Any connection or interest I previously had was lost to confusion and irritation, like that of a senile old woman who is looking for her socks. Plus, I do have the recollection that the first book of this series was a LOTR knockoff, with all of the complicated histories, and dynamics, and random songs and witchy women crooning. I gave up on this pretty early on, and heavily skimmed the rest of it (I genuinely have no idea what happened, so I cannot help you).
My advice is wait until these all come out, then read them all fairly close together so you can remember and invest yourself in whatever is going on (there's a bad person...though I don't know who that is. But they are bad for...some reason).
Plus, if there are characters deaths (spoiler...there are character deaths...I think?), you'll be thrown into an emotional upheaval rather than the disinterested shrug I gave this.
adventurous
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Es ist immer was in der für mich richtigen Geschwindigkeit passiert. Man hat die Veränderung der Charaktere miterlebt ohne das es seltsam war. Fast alle Entscheidungen waren nachvollziehbar. Der Schluss war anhand des Titels keine Überraschung mehr, dass fande ich ein bisschen Schade. Ansonsten ein echt gutes Buch.
Second book syndrome. Literally had to fight my way through it, but overall not bad. I just feel like I could have skipped 200 pages of it and it the ending still would have made sense; too much filler.