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tcapel's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
There is a SA (r*pe) of the main character, Kinch, about ten hours into the book. It was not described in detail, but was still wildly out of place and felt unnecessary to any part of the story.valkyri_anna's review
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Violence, and War
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Sexual assault
chilled_grease's review
1.0
DNF. 80%
I had a really hard time getting through what I did with this book. The writing just wasn’t very good. I know the author was excited about world building; but it was just just so forced; overloading the reader with details about the different races; gods; magic systems; and then a long drawn out chapter detailing the the rules of a fictional card game that culminated in the main character being raped by another man; and not being very upset about it.
This is where the book lost me; first you had the bad writing; followed by clumsy world building; but you lost me at the homosexuality.
I’m out; wish I hadn’t started; can’t wait to read something else.
I had a really hard time getting through what I did with this book. The writing just wasn’t very good. I know the author was excited about world building; but it was just just so forced; overloading the reader with details about the different races; gods; magic systems; and then a long drawn out chapter detailing the the rules of a fictional card game that culminated in the main character being raped by another man; and not being very upset about it.
This is where the book lost me; first you had the bad writing; followed by clumsy world building; but you lost me at the homosexuality.
I’m out; wish I hadn’t started; can’t wait to read something else.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape
This book has lgbt content that might not be for all readers.antifuchs's review
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Murder, Gore, and War
Minor: Sexual assault
mackenzi's review
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Cursing, and Violence
Minor: Sexual assault and Child death
peonyprice's review
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
LOVED this. The worldbuilding. The linguistics. The songs. The cat. Absolutely incredible on all counts.
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal death and Sexual assault
unlikelyplaces's review
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
I have a lot of thoughts on this book…
Let’s start with the things I liked:
Let’s start with the things I liked:
- The world building was really solid, it felt really well fleshed out and interesting
- I actually really enjoyed the plot overall, it was fast paced and kept me interested the whole way through and if it wasn’t for the negatives (which I’ll get to) I’d definitely want to be carrying on with this series
- The action scenes were really well written, exciting but clear
Now for the negatives…
- The characters… I am a very character driven reader and actually the snarky thief archetype are my favourite characters to read about however I found this main character just unbearably annoying and the rest of the characters were not really developed very well at all so there was just no one I felt attached to
- There were just a few things to do with the writing that really bothered me. Like it wasn’t too bad overall but the author does this thing where he feels the need to end every chapter with like a LINE like the equivalent of “everything changed when the fire nation attacked” *dun dun dunnnn* and also chucks the same type of lines in throughout the chapter as well just to really try to shock you. I don’t know why this bothered me so much, it was just so repetitive…
- I really hated the way this book portrays the female characters. It started with the mc constantly commenting on women’s appearances and what he would like to “do” with them and then it was like the mc was a man and all of the other characters were women that were underdeveloped and that the mc spends a lot of time ogling. And THEN the romance started and it was just cringey and at one point he describes a woman’s voice as “husky and fertile”… her voice… was fertile??… I’m not even sure what that’s trying to mean??
There is also a scene that deals with a sexual assault but I felt like the topic was not treated sensitively because the victim was a man which is not ok… - And then just a minor thing, it was marketed as like a dark fantasy/horror but like I didn’t find it that dark? Like it was a bit but not as much as I was expecting? Maybe I just have a high tolerance though.
So yeah… I was really expecting to love this book a lot because from the description it’s everything I love on a book but it just irritated me a lot throughout so… 1.5 for the world and the story but I will not be continuing this series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Violence
Moderate: Sexism and Sexual assault
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