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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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:
Complicated
adventurous
mysterious
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
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
*Edit to add*
Did not know his awful views on the LGBTQI community. Will not be reading any more.
Definitely improved world building from the first book. I like the magic system and can’t wait to see some epic battles in the next book hopefully. This one felt like a build up to something bigger.
Did not know his awful views on the LGBTQI community. Will not be reading any more.
Definitely improved world building from the first book. I like the magic system and can’t wait to see some epic battles in the next book hopefully. This one felt like a build up to something bigger.
Interesting plot turns. If you read the author's note, you'll discover he took a different turn in his vision of the book. Its somewhat different then the first installment, due to this change of course. I have some niggling annoyances about it, but nothing at this point that makes it unreadable. I actually finished this a few weeks ago, and forgot to update my Goodreads account!!
OK, when Gatefather came out, I decided I had to read the whole series. Lots of Scott's writing recently have been considered Young Adult, but I figured I couldn't leave his books unread.
OSC has definitely lost his touch. There are whole chapters in this that are so boring, I nearly didn’t finish the book. The world building is overwrought, the characters are dull, and I am just so done with OSC’s pervasive sexism. He even tries to defend the fact that every high school girl friendly young Danny suddenly becomes wanton and begging for sex by saying, “it’s also a fact of human life that there are certain women who are irresistibly drawn to powerful males.” The sexist lens is so thick on this sentiment that it warps the reality of the world around it. First, even if I accept that it’s true (and I don’t), OSC undies his own logic by making literally every female demand sex from Danny. Are they ALL “certain women?” Nonsense.
I’ll finish this next book, but I am unlikely to ever read another OSC book. His sexism, racism and homophobia have ruined his talent. How much better a storyteller he would be if he was capable of realizing that people who differ from him are real, valuable, complex and complete.
I’ll finish this next book, but I am unlikely to ever read another OSC book. His sexism, racism and homophobia have ruined his talent. How much better a storyteller he would be if he was capable of realizing that people who differ from him are real, valuable, complex and complete.
Fun concept, but his disconnect with teens, when some of your main characters are such, really ruins it.
Another great addition to the series. This book continued the story from book one seamlessly. I was happy I didn't start the series when it first came out since I was excited to continue the story after book one. The second book didn't disappoint! If I dare say, it made me even more excited about the genre. I can't wait to sink my teeth into the third book
I think this is a fantastic world and OSC does an amazing job building it and really getting you to connect with the characters. I’m looking forward to the third book. Also the afterward was a really interesting listen (audiobook, afterward narrated by OSC).