97 reviews for:

The Language of Power

Rosemary Kirstein

4.29 AVERAGE

millanxvii's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

waclements7's review against another edition

4.0

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This is an amazing series.

synoptic_view's review against another edition

5.0

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Love the Steerswoman series. Easily in my top 5 all time SF/fantasy series. This entry did more to move the plot forward than the previous couple entries--basically by confirming a lot of what we already could glean from previous books but also by giving hints about the full extent of the wizards' world.

blustin's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

octopus_farmer's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

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My favorite so far. Pour one out for books 5 and 6.

hwesta's review

4.5

adventurous

namulith's review against another edition

5.0

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Another strong entry in the Steerswoman series. Unfortunately and frustratingly the last. I have some ideas about what's going on but it's still very sad to not having more to read about Rowan.

scribblinaway's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

elneveu's review against another edition

5.0

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Love this series so much it hurts

ally_b_reads's review against another edition

4.0

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This series is criminally underrated. Kirstein is a wonderful writer: her characters are interesting, relatable, and well-developed; her plots are just the right amount of complicated to keep you guessing; the world she has built, at once fantasy and sci-fi, is unlike anything else I have read in the genre (except maybe Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky).

This book came out in 2014, yet we still don't have a resolution to the series. I am deeply hopeful that Kirstein will choose to finish it (so much so that I even went and creeped on her blog to see whether there was any indication of further installation), especially because that will merit a re-read. Definitely one of my all time favourite series. If you haven't read it yet, you should.