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mephistia's review against another edition
2.0
It was . . . an interesting concept. I liked the idea of a book featuring the orc as the anti-hero protagonist. I thought it would be a neat way to explore fantasy tropes and I was intrigued at the possibilities.
The execution was a bit choppy. It's not bad in the way that Twilight is bad -- the pacing was decent, the writing was overall okay with flashes of brilliance. It was vaguely annoying how he would spend 5+ pages describing each sword-chop and flung blade in battle -- during the first battle, I thought it was cool. By the 3rd, I was getting irritated, and by the 5th, I would just flip to the scenes post-battle. I guess maybe battle is one of those things where the excitement and terror and trauma are better transmitted on-screen than on-page.
The other major complaint I had was how predictably he moved the story along. I swear, every single person/ group who met that orc warband was under a death sentence from the time they saw them. It didn't matter how innocent they were, or how kindly or cruelly the orc warband treated them. They either fought the orcs and died, or the orcs interacted in some manner with travelers who were then tortured and killed for information regarding the whereabouts of the orcs. It was so predictable, I started getting irritated.
The execution was a bit choppy. It's not bad in the way that Twilight is bad -- the pacing was decent, the writing was overall okay with flashes of brilliance. It was vaguely annoying how he would spend 5+ pages describing each sword-chop and flung blade in battle -- during the first battle, I thought it was cool. By the 3rd, I was getting irritated, and by the 5th, I would just flip to the scenes post-battle. I guess maybe battle is one of those things where the excitement and terror and trauma are better transmitted on-screen than on-page.
The other major complaint I had was how predictably he moved the story along. I swear, every single person/ group who met that orc warband was under a death sentence from the time they saw them. It didn't matter how innocent they were, or how kindly or cruelly the orc warband treated them. They either fought the orcs and died, or the orcs interacted in some manner with travelers who were then tortured and killed for information regarding the whereabouts of the orcs. It was so predictable, I started getting irritated.
techlunacy's review against another edition
4.0
the combat was a little over detailed but it had a good story going for it
trash_reader_'s review against another edition
2.0
I only finished this book because I don't like leaving things unfinished. The characters were shallow, there was barely any background, and every time they had run into a problem, they were given the answer within that same chapter. Overall it was boring and difficult to follow.
cicatrixtwigs's review against another edition
4.0
I actually enjoyed this book more than i expected to, but i was a little let down by the story behind Jennesta and her sisters - not what i expected, but i thought they'd have a bigger role.
Stryke was so obviously Thrall from Warcraft through ;)
Stryke was so obviously Thrall from Warcraft through ;)
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