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sade's review against another edition
3.0
We having this saying back here, mostly when watching Action movies, that no matter what crazy shit the good guy gets into "Actor no dey die" basically -Main protagonist can't die. So yeah slash his hand off, be a druin who has precognition, Actor no dey what? no dey die!!
While certainly an entertaining book and really a good debut. It definitely wasn't all that for me. Everything was just a little too blatently convenient tied up for me especially with the band getting out of scrapes. Way too neat really. Didn't get the whole underlying rock band feeling (but that's on me anyways).
The plot for me sort of reminded me of the Chicken Licken book i read when i was younger in that it sort of followed a specific formula. In Chicken Licken you knew the chicken dude was going to meet another farm animal, again and again. I got kind of the same feeling here, you just knew wherever they went there was this predictable fighting that was going to take place, which really isn't a bad thing but it just goes on and on and on and you find that you're going through the same scenarios but with different bad dudes. Quite frankly went on for too long in my opinion by like 60% mark i was more than ready to have the characters reach Castia.
Minor pet peeve:
Naming the chapters. I just find that more often than not, these chapter names have little or nothing to do with what's in the chapter. Also sometimes they're so short. i'm just like why not just join it to other chapters?
The world setting: i get that with fantasy you can create whatever the heck you want in your world, but i'm firmly of the belief that you need to pick a side and stick with it. Are we doing steam punk fantasy? is this set in some sort of world that's leaning on medieval times? if it is, why are their words so modern? You know just pick a side really.
All in all, while certainly an entertaining book and really a good debut. It definitely wasn't all that for me. Everything was just a little too blatantly convenient tied up for me especially with the band getting out of scrapes. Way too neat really.
p.s: Didn't get the whole underlying rock band feeling :( (but that's on me anyways).
kaivalry's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
elowes25's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
coffeeandfantasy's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
behindpaperbacks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
nancyboy's review against another edition
4.0
Absolutely fantastic!! I loved every minute of it, the cast is amazing, every scene is so funny and ridiculous. I’m very excited to keep reading the series
nancyboy56's review against another edition
4.0
Absolutely fantastic!! I loved every minute of it, the cast is amazing, every scene is so funny and ridiculous. I’m very excited to keep reading the series
ghostnayto's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
tylovesbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5