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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
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:
No
4.75/5
Stone of Farewell, the second book in Memory Sorrow and Thorn, is another densely packed, beautifully crafted fantasy adventure that further contextualizes the world, and further characterizes all playing pieces within the realm of Osten Ard.
All of our characters are given lots of time to develop even more on their quest to safe haven within The Stone of Farewell, Simon, Miriamele, Josua, even Rachel, and Guthwulf being some of the key highlights in this book.
Themes of belonging, criticality of religion, and friendship stood out the most to me in this entry, and I can’t wait to see them explored more in the final installment.
And I cannot stress enough how beautiful and vivid Tad William’s prose is, some of his quotes and descriptions making me misty eyed off of beauty alone.
“Never make your home in a place,” the old man had told him that day. “Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You’ll find what you need to furnish it—memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey . . .”
My only complaint about this book is that sometimes the pacing would slow to a halt right when things were about to pop off with one of the other povs. This works a lot of the time in fantasy, but because this book is already so densely packed, it would somewhat kill my momentum from the last pov. These feelings are short lived though, because I would very quickly become entranced once again with the current character I was reading.
The ending really made me excited to read To Green Angel Tower, so much so that I am still currently debating on if I should pick it up right this second. Regardless of when I do, I know that Tad won’t let me down.
“There’s work to be done, and no rest this side of Heaven.”
Stone of Farewell, the second book in Memory Sorrow and Thorn, is another densely packed, beautifully crafted fantasy adventure that further contextualizes the world, and further characterizes all playing pieces within the realm of Osten Ard.
All of our characters are given lots of time to develop even more on their quest to safe haven within The Stone of Farewell, Simon, Miriamele, Josua, even Rachel, and Guthwulf being some of the key highlights in this book.
Themes of belonging, criticality of religion, and friendship stood out the most to me in this entry, and I can’t wait to see them explored more in the final installment.
And I cannot stress enough how beautiful and vivid Tad William’s prose is, some of his quotes and descriptions making me misty eyed off of beauty alone.
“Never make your home in a place,” the old man had told him that day. “Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You’ll find what you need to furnish it—memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey . . .”
My only complaint about this book is that sometimes the pacing would slow to a halt right when things were about to pop off with one of the other povs. This works a lot of the time in fantasy, but because this book is already so densely packed, it would somewhat kill my momentum from the last pov. These feelings are short lived though, because I would very quickly become entranced once again with the current character I was reading.
The ending really made me excited to read To Green Angel Tower, so much so that I am still currently debating on if I should pick it up right this second. Regardless of when I do, I know that Tad won’t let me down.
“There’s work to be done, and no rest this side of Heaven.”
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
slow-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
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
slow-paced
Zzzzzzzzzz. Consensus is the same with most of the reviews. Boring. Was interesting when Simon or the other main characters story came up, but the side characters (way too many) was a snore feast.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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
I found this book more captivating and generally better constructed than the first one. While I was ambivalent about series after first book, now I can’t wait to see where story goes from here.
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
adventurous
slow-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