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lianaet's review
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Interesting little short story, though the inclusion of it in the back of the last Shadow and Bone book is... a weird choice to me. Well written and gives a little insight to how the Darkling was growing up, but also a little late to be bothering with that.
izzys_internet_bookshelf's review
3.0
3/5
Little prequel to S&B and gives some intriguing insight on Aleksander.
Little prequel to S&B and gives some intriguing insight on Aleksander.
danacanterino's review
4.0
Adoro cada vez más al Darkling, y si bien la historia me encantó creo que necesito más del pasado de este personaje. Ojalá aparezca más en los libros.
Estoy enamorada de este mundo.
Estoy enamorada de este mundo.
imme_van_gorp's review
3.5
I’ve never been a fan of The Darkling, but that doesn’t mean I don’t understand why he is the way he is. I get it.
And a story like this one only makes me understand it more and more; if you live hundreds of years on your own, never being able to stay anywhere for long, never long enough to form any connection with another person, then eventually you’ll stop caring, you’ll stop loving, you’ll stop feeling.
And if you have a childhood memory where you did think you finally found a safe place, only to be betrayed in the worst way possible? Yea, I get why you’d stop trusting people altogether.
It’s almost like him becoming a monster was inevitable.
P.S. Annika was pure evil. I don’t care how desperate she was, you just don’t do something like that.
And a story like this one only makes me understand it more and more; if you live hundreds of years on your own, never being able to stay anywhere for long, never long enough to form any connection with another person, then eventually you’ll stop caring, you’ll stop loving, you’ll stop feeling.
And if you have a childhood memory where you did think you finally found a safe place, only to be betrayed in the worst way possible? Yea, I get why you’d stop trusting people altogether.
It’s almost like him becoming a monster was inevitable.
P.S. Annika was pure evil. I don’t care how desperate she was, you just don’t do something like that.
amebco's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
lgwaz's review
3.0
aw it made me sympathise w the darkling a little bit. key word: a little. i still hate him but his backstory is very sad :(
jessicarose's review
4.0
The Grisha lived as shadows did, passing over the surface of the world, touching nothing, forced to change their shapes and hide in corners, driven by fear as shadows were driven by the sun. No safe place. No haven.
There will be, he promised in the darkness, new words written upon his heart. I will make one.
There will be, he promised in the darkness, new words written upon his heart. I will make one.
gabalodon's review
5.0
I kind of wish I had read this before starting the trilogy. The Darkling for the duration pretty much stands apart as a indecipherable mass murderer who has an insatiable thirst for power. For most of his dialogue in the trilogy he's either lying, manipulating, or villain monologuing, so from Alina's perspective we don't get a whole lot of insight into what's left of his humanity - who he was, his true motivations, what drives him, and how much he's a product of isolation. So this was a great glimpse into all that, and some of the Grisha history, and I thought it really packed a punch. Feel like I understand and relate to the Darkling more in these 40ish pages than I did after all 1000ish of the trilogy.