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4.17 AVERAGE
4.17 AVERAGE
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
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
The pitch: fantasy heist + what if magic was programming. Debatably unrealistic in how it handles character injury (tinnitus, anyone?), but a humane and empathetic depiction of trauma from multiple characters.
I have been so excited to read this book because I have seen so many book reviewers raving about it. However, it fell short for me.
Let me start off by saying that the world building and the magic system are some of the most interesting I've read in the fantasy genre. Bending reality to do certain things is bizarre and hard to wrap your mind around while reading, but ultimately is so fresh and interesting.
However, because of the complexity of this world, half of the book felt like an instruction manual to me. I felt like I was just trying to learn how everything works with a little bit of a story sprinkled in through much of the beginning of the book. Sancia as a character is fun, and I love heist stories, but I just couldn't get behind some of these characters. They were entertaining, but I didn't feel emotionally connected to them in any way.
The ending really turned much of this book around for me. I texted my husband as soon as I finished and was like "I take back everything I said I loved it". Now that I've sat with it, I still agree with my critiques, but the ending really was suspenseful and super fun. I'm excited to read the second, and I hope that now that we've learned how a lot of the world works, we will be able to dive right into the story.
Let me start off by saying that the world building and the magic system are some of the most interesting I've read in the fantasy genre. Bending reality to do certain things is bizarre and hard to wrap your mind around while reading, but ultimately is so fresh and interesting.
However, because of the complexity of this world, half of the book felt like an instruction manual to me. I felt like I was just trying to learn how everything works with a little bit of a story sprinkled in through much of the beginning of the book. Sancia as a character is fun, and I love heist stories, but I just couldn't get behind some of these characters. They were entertaining, but I didn't feel emotionally connected to them in any way.
The ending really turned much of this book around for me. I texted my husband as soon as I finished and was like "I take back everything I said I loved it". Now that I've sat with it, I still agree with my critiques, but the ending really was suspenseful and super fun. I'm excited to read the second, and I hope that now that we've learned how a lot of the world works, we will be able to dive right into the story.