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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call by E.K. Johnston
1 review
hobbithopeful's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
How can a book about magic and elves be boring? Well this one was.
Honestly it's hard to find much to say about this book. It feels like so much happened yet nothing really happened. I'm still not sure what the plot was, or where the story was going other then backstory. I enjoyed the flashbacks to Doric's childhood the most, I really feel like those were well written. With so many other aspects of the story it feels like magic was just glossed over? So many details that could have been included about magic or the training just weren't. It's weird to say a book about magic and mystical creatures could feel boring but this one did. It seems like all of a sudden Doric knew how to do spells I would have love to have seen more time spent on descriptions and her learning them.
This is a hard book to review, I almost wished the author had spent more time with Doric learning how to fit in and healing from her trauma rather then said her out to learn how to be a Druid for a short time. There were so many characters and such introduced but none really seemed to have any effect on the story. We never get an explanation for why Doric can do different things that other Druids cannot, which was another let down. Simon being included was a nice touch, though I didn't read Doric as being ace coded at all. If anything she read to me as being traumatized and not being able to handle/understand affection well.
I mean it was a fine read, I loved the DnD movie, but this just kinda felt like a let down.
Honestly it's hard to find much to say about this book. It feels like so much happened yet nothing really happened. I'm still not sure what the plot was, or where the story was going other then backstory. I enjoyed the flashbacks to Doric's childhood the most, I really feel like those were well written. With so many other aspects of the story it feels like magic was just glossed over? So many details that could have been included about magic or the training just weren't. It's weird to say a book about magic and mystical creatures could feel boring but this one did. It seems like all of a sudden Doric knew how to do spells I would have love to have seen more time spent on descriptions and her learning them.
This is a hard book to review, I almost wished the author had spent more time with Doric learning how to fit in and healing from her trauma rather then said her out to learn how to be a Druid for a short time. There were so many characters and such introduced but none really seemed to have any effect on the story. We never get an explanation for why Doric can do different things that other Druids cannot, which was another let down. Simon being included was a nice touch, though I didn't read Doric as being ace coded at all. If anything she read to me as being traumatized and not being able to handle/understand affection well.
I mean it was a fine read, I loved the DnD movie, but this just kinda felt like a let down.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Racism, Abandonment, Murder, and Child abuse
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