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jal755's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 Stars. It was slow in getting my attention because of how repeatative the first 50ish pages felt, but it quickly picked up. The characters were interested and the concept was unique. Definitely a bit above average, and based off of how this book improved from being to end, I expect the series to get better and better.
*I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a fair, honest review.*
*I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a fair, honest review.*
krysley's review against another edition
3.0
I received this book for free at my request and have provided this voluntary review.
I listened to the audiobook of this book and was pleasantly surprised, especially considering this was the first time I have ever read anything under the science fantasy genre. That took a bit to get used to.
Overall, the book wasn't bad and I enjoyed myself. The chapters would go back and forth between Shryke/Galdar and Barl, which irritated me to no end (in a good way!) because I would get so invested in what was happening right then with those characters. The characters were developing really well, too.
I always worry when male authors create a pivotal female character because a lot of times they can be handled very poorly and turn into a characterization of what they could have been. However, I thought these authors did an excellent job with both Galdar and Summer. I think there is still a lot of potential for the authors to grow Galdar, though I wanted more from her as her arc progressed and her internal struggles were laid out. Summer was pretty badass, but again, I would have liked to have seen more action scenes from her.
The Chainworld idea itself was a little hard to grasp at first, especially when the authors started throwing in the science fiction elements. It came together a little bit more as the story went on.
The narrator was fairly good as well and handled the various characters very well.
I listened to the audiobook of this book and was pleasantly surprised, especially considering this was the first time I have ever read anything under the science fantasy genre. That took a bit to get used to.
Overall, the book wasn't bad and I enjoyed myself. The chapters would go back and forth between Shryke/Galdar and Barl, which irritated me to no end (in a good way!) because I would get so invested in what was happening right then with those characters. The characters were developing really well, too.
I always worry when male authors create a pivotal female character because a lot of times they can be handled very poorly and turn into a characterization of what they could have been. However, I thought these authors did an excellent job with both Galdar and Summer. I think there is still a lot of potential for the authors to grow Galdar, though I wanted more from her as her arc progressed and her internal struggles were laid out. Summer was pretty badass, but again, I would have liked to have seen more action scenes from her.
The Chainworld idea itself was a little hard to grasp at first, especially when the authors started throwing in the science fiction elements. It came together a little bit more as the story went on.
The narrator was fairly good as well and handled the various characters very well.
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