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karinlib's review against another edition
4.0
Dark Lady's Chosen is the 4th book of the Chronicles of the Necromancer. This book neatly tied up all the loose ends from the 3rd book.
littleofthis's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
blodeuedd's review against another edition
2.0
I did feel like the whole series fell apart for me in this one. I was not interested at all.
Tris spent most of the time in a tent or well outside the tent. His character lacked depth.
Kiara was somewhat better as she tried to navigate the court and people tried to kill her. But honestly even her character was flat and showed nothing.
Jonmarc actually showed some feelings. He did his best to keep the peace between humans and vamps.
Then there was Cam who spend the entire book in a cell and who cares, and his sister Carina who *yawn* did something.
The book took place during a week, and honestly only book 1 showed any real promise. I think it would have been better if book 2-4 would have been 2 books instead of 3.
The book left me disappointed. And too bad that I have the first of the sequel, sigh.
Tris spent most of the time in a tent or well outside the tent. His character lacked depth.
Kiara was somewhat better as she tried to navigate the court and people tried to kill her. But honestly even her character was flat and showed nothing.
Jonmarc actually showed some feelings. He did his best to keep the peace between humans and vamps.
Then there was Cam who spend the entire book in a cell and who cares, and his sister Carina who *yawn* did something.
The book took place during a week, and honestly only book 1 showed any real promise. I think it would have been better if book 2-4 would have been 2 books instead of 3.
The book left me disappointed. And too bad that I have the first of the sequel, sigh.
yatosuz's review against another edition
4.0
At least one year fell between reading Dark Haven and picking up Dark Lady's Chosen, which can be quite daunting considering the large amount of plot that Martin puts into these stories. However, her quick and very dense summary threw me back into the midst of this world with no problem.
I like Martin's writing style, and the world she's created is unique. While the intrigue is fairly predictable, and there's always a happy ending - sort of - the books are well written and great fun.
I like Martin's writing style, and the world she's created is unique. While the intrigue is fairly predictable, and there's always a happy ending - sort of - the books are well written and great fun.
t_jenkins's review
adventurous
dark
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? Yes
3.75
eol's review
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
musgrovej's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
mackle13's review against another edition
4.0
I had wanted to finish this book by the end of the weekend. When I first started it, I thought it would take me at least until then to get through its 595 pages, but those pages went by quickly and last night I found myself unable to put it down despite my tiredness and my various renditions of "just one more chapter". Ms. Martin once again weaves a tale which captivates and compells you to find out what happens, not because it's really all that original, but because the characters are so real and you truly care for them, and her writing just flows, getting you involved in the story without pretension and needless details that so plague the epic genre.
This book follows 7 different perspectives, our heroes who were mostly together in the first book have since been brough in different places, but all the storylines are interconnected, and even though the overall story is very big in scope, the individual perspectives are very personal.
Of course, my favorites are still Jonmarc and Carina and the vayash moru and vyrkin of Dark Haven (the word not as tediously overused as in the last book), but there isn't really a character of a part that I didn't like or felt was unnecessary. That said, the pats with Cam did drag a bit, and the characterization of Carroway did disappoint me just a touch because the fact that he had no faith in Tris to be true to the friendship, especially since he knows Tris' power as a soul-reader, was a bit much.
It's not a perfect story, but it's a very good one, in that rarest of all things - an epic story which has yet to disappoint me.
This book follows 7 different perspectives, our heroes who were mostly together in the first book have since been brough in different places, but all the storylines are interconnected, and even though the overall story is very big in scope, the individual perspectives are very personal.
Of course, my favorites are still Jonmarc and Carina and the vayash moru and vyrkin of Dark Haven (the word not as tediously overused as in the last book), but there isn't really a character of a part that I didn't like or felt was unnecessary. That said, the pats with Cam did drag a bit, and the characterization of Carroway did disappoint me just a touch because the fact that he had no faith in Tris to be true to the friendship, especially since he knows Tris' power as a soul-reader, was a bit much.
It's not a perfect story, but it's a very good one, in that rarest of all things - an epic story which has yet to disappoint me.
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