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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-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
The Emperor's Blades has a lot of elements that make up a good fantasy: characters that have cool traits/experience, a complex world with political machinations, build up of the plot... It just fell a little flat for me. The last two pages of the chapter would be interesting, and then we'd flip back to a different character and dear god have to work through that story again. Over and over. And then randomly for like three chapters the sister's POV got stuck in. It was like the author wanted to write a female character and didn't know how or what to do with her, so he mostly ignored her. I'm hoping the second book starts to move the show along otherwise it's going to be a total snoozefest.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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:
Yes
I got some Game of Thrones vibes from this Novel. It's not GOT, but the major building blocks rime.
It's more YA, concentrating on the training and coming of age of the princes. This isn't competence porn, these heirs to the empire have allot to learn and they're not too bright.
This isn't the smartest fantasy novel I've read but it grabbed me. I listened to it at every opportunity, and because it wasn't too complicated it was easy to listen to in any situation.
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Not every woman has to be “beautiful and voluptuous.” The author is insanely sexist
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Rape
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
So, this thing REALLY hooked me. Nice, gradual build-up of different plot threads with satisfying payoffs AND cliffhangers simultaneously at the end. The complaints about how the book handles its female characters are, unfortunately, pretty valid. But, if reviews are to be believed, Staveley addresses / amends this in the final two entries of the saga. Whether you’ll want to continue on and test that statement for yourself is up to you. But for me, there was more than enough here to want to read on.
adventurous
dark
emotional
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I can't be arsed to write a proper review because I'm lazy and shit at reviews anyway.
I liked Brian Staveley's novel, loved the characters so the book's Kent-kissing good. To me, this stuff was the closest shit to Joe Abercrombie's offerings I went through over the past 12 months, kudos there. Also, the ending pleased me heaps.
Five stars. Go read somebody else's review now, don't waste your time with me, hey.
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I liked Brian Staveley's novel, loved the characters so the book's Kent-kissing good. To me, this stuff was the closest shit to Joe Abercrombie's offerings I went through over the past 12 months, kudos there. Also, the ending pleased me heaps.
Five stars. Go read somebody else's review now, don't waste your time with me, hey.
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A light and fast and quite addictive read.
Sure, it's not perfect and has its weaknesses, but the strenghts were what sold me this book. (Obviously, the characters!)
Also, I have heard the author improves with every installment, so I am looking forward to the rest of the trilogy.
On a sidenote, I'd love to hear more about the Kettral, the birds seem more like helicopters than animals in my opinion lol
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The Flea
Sure, it's not perfect and has its weaknesses, but the strenghts were what sold me this book. (Obviously, the characters!)
Also, I have heard the author improves with every installment, so I am looking forward to the rest of the trilogy.
On a sidenote, I'd love to hear more about the Kettral, the birds seem more like helicopters than animals in my opinion lol
~ Yes, almost every day ~
The Flea