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4.17 AVERAGE
4.17 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-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:
Yes
truly the most innovative and interesting magic system i’ve seen in a book in ages; plot (any mystery) kept me invested to the point that i had to force myself to pace my reading so i could enjoy it;
loved the characters and their relationships and the italian city-state setting; world building done well; the message of freedom and what it truly means was a tad heavy handed at times but well met; was funny at times and truly gory and horrific at others (which is prime fantasy); good themes and i’m excited to see how it all escalates/ see our cast of characters grow
sancia is perfect to me and i love her finding herself and a little rag tag group; gregor is my tragic honorable monster and i wish him and his mommy issues/ptsd the best; orso, my eccentric uncle, please start this house and better this city; hope berenice gets to be gay do more crime and CLEF! clef you’re my guy i’m so sorry
just such an enjoyable read and i can’t wait for more!
loved the characters and their relationships and the italian city-state setting; world building done well; the message of freedom and what it truly means was a tad heavy handed at times but well met; was funny at times and truly gory and horrific at others (which is prime fantasy); good themes and i’m excited to see how it all escalates/ see our cast of characters grow
sancia is perfect to me and i love her finding herself and a little rag tag group; gregor is my tragic honorable monster and i wish him and his mommy issues/ptsd the best; orso, my eccentric uncle, please start this house and better this city; hope berenice gets to be gay do more crime and CLEF! clef you’re my guy i’m so sorry
just such an enjoyable read and i can’t wait for more!
adventurous
The prose needed more polish, but the story was unique and engaging enough to make up for it.
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Police brutality, Alcohol
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Sancia, is on a job. The heist that will set her up for life and ensure her survival among the canals of Tevanne. A city controlled by 4 merchant houses who have a monopoly on magical production. Predictably things go wrong and she is sucked into schemes bigger than she can imagine.
I personally loved the magic system - essentially using a coding language to program things like lights to come on and off at certain times etc. I did not really find this confusing, but I dabble in light coding for work so for me it wasn't too much of a stretch. I WILL be narrating all my graphs in R like they are scrived from now on!
I think this book was an excellent look at essentially magical capitalism and monopoly. Along with how unethical/immoral practices become entrenched over time. There were nuanced depictions of trauma and people reluctantly getting pulled into plots.
This is a steampunky, industrial heist fantasy - Six of crows crossed with Brandon Sanderson
I personally loved the magic system - essentially using a coding language to program things like lights to come on and off at certain times etc. I did not really find this confusing, but I dabble in light coding for work so for me it wasn't too much of a stretch. I WILL be narrating all my graphs in R like they are scrived from now on!
I think this book was an excellent look at essentially magical capitalism and monopoly. Along with how unethical/immoral practices become entrenched over time. There were nuanced depictions of trauma and people reluctantly getting pulled into plots.
This is a steampunky, industrial heist fantasy - Six of crows crossed with Brandon Sanderson
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wooow, to teda byla zkrunděná jízda! Ačkoliv mi trvalo cca rok se do toho začíst (heh), tahle kniha rozhodně nepostrádá tempo, akci, překvapující zvraty a trojrozměrné hrdiny. Co se mi obzvlášť líbilo bylo to, s jakou péčí a originalitou autor vystavěl fantaskní svět této série a jakou pozornost věnoval i uspořádání společenství, politice a morálním otázkám, s nimiž se potýkají nejen Sanciini spoluobčané, ale i my v našem světě. Zvláště vzhledem k probíhajícím diskuzím ohledně AI mě z podobnosti některých témat knihy s naší realitou mrazilo. Záhutí je naprosto vzorový příklad toho, proč ráda čtu fantasy.
Ten svět? Extra ňamka. Jeden z nejlepších, co jsem četla.
Výborný překlad.
Ale nějak na mě nefungovaly postavy, ani dějové zvraty, zdálo se mi to překombinované a ukrutně předvídatelné...
Výborný překlad.
Ale nějak na mě nefungovaly postavy, ani dějové zvraty, zdálo se mi to překombinované a ukrutně předvídatelné...
adventurous
hopeful
tense
fast-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