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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
*********** trigger warning for extreme violence and unnecessary rape
Even with the triggers, uuuugh, this is my favorite type of book! It's very quotable and filled with philosophical debates about many things of our society that are wholly questionable. Many questions were brought up that I have myself considered! It was nice to hear it reflected in text.
The main character is gruff and dirty, bad mannered and filled with curse words. Just like me LOL
These books are a happy mesh of scifi and fantasy that works so well!!
It's a tale about what happens at the end of the heroes journey, when he thinks all that is before him is the happiness and stability that he'd been seeking all along. Or was he???
It's based on the concept of Earthlings finding a way to transfer onto another world to use the people for their own entertainment purposes. Broadcasting what happens within the vicinity of the new world to their own people, a real life reality show with the unsuspecting victims. The best part is the other world is pretty much how every fantasy world is envisioned!!
The main character has succeeded in what he set out to do, he became a star, he won the girl, he settles in for a peaceful transition into real life.
But the world doesn't stop. There are always things at play and victory doesn't always mean peace.
Even with the triggers, uuuugh, this is my favorite type of book! It's very quotable and filled with philosophical debates about many things of our society that are wholly questionable. Many questions were brought up that I have myself considered! It was nice to hear it reflected in text.
The main character is gruff and dirty, bad mannered and filled with curse words. Just like me LOL
These books are a happy mesh of scifi and fantasy that works so well!!
It's a tale about what happens at the end of the heroes journey, when he thinks all that is before him is the happiness and stability that he'd been seeking all along. Or was he???
It's based on the concept of Earthlings finding a way to transfer onto another world to use the people for their own entertainment purposes. Broadcasting what happens within the vicinity of the new world to their own people, a real life reality show with the unsuspecting victims. The best part is the other world is pretty much how every fantasy world is envisioned!!
The main character has succeeded in what he set out to do, he became a star, he won the girl, he settles in for a peaceful transition into real life.
But the world doesn't stop. There are always things at play and victory doesn't always mean peace.
Not as good as book #1 "Heroes Die", which was a VERY fun book to read.
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Unfortunately, I struggled with this one. While this isn't a bad book, it's so much different than the first one. Where the first one was mostly straightforward with its plot and storytelling, this one is much more philosophical. While that's not necessarily a bad thing sometimes, here it feels like it needs to be refined more.
The book started off promising enough. I liked the idea of Hari now being a chairman and Tan'elKoth learning to live on Earth. However, once the plot goes back to Overworld, the metaphysical gets turned up to 11. I'm still not sure exactly how the Blind God works or even what Tan'elKoth's goal was besides getting back to Overworld. I had to re-read several passages just to try and sort out what was going on, and more than once I lost track of if what was happening was occurring on Earth or Overworld.
I still enjoy the overall story being told, and the ending here definitely has me interested in reading the next book. I just hope the series goes back to more like book 1 instead of continuing what happened here.
The book started off promising enough. I liked the idea of Hari now being a chairman and Tan'elKoth learning to live on Earth. However, once the plot goes back to Overworld, the metaphysical gets turned up to 11. I'm still not sure exactly how the Blind God works or even what Tan'elKoth's goal was besides getting back to Overworld. I had to re-read several passages just to try and sort out what was going on, and more than once I lost track of if what was happening was occurring on Earth or Overworld.
I still enjoy the overall story being told, and the ending here definitely has me interested in reading the next book. I just hope the series goes back to more like book 1 instead of continuing what happened here.
I swear I must have read this and [b: Heroes Die|311864|Heroes Die (The Acts of Caine, #1)|Matthew Woodring Stover|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1403193753s/311864.jpg|302782] about a dozen times in high school.
Mix of Audio + Book
Note - It's totally possible to read the first two books of the Acts of Caine and be happy. The main story arc that started in the first book is wrapped up well in this one.
Mini-Review:
Woot! This book confirms it. I added another author to my favorite list. Despite the parts that are rough and bits that are not that plausible, I loved this book. Part of the story is rather abstract and there's a lot of philosophical tangents that jump around, fly and scream like hyper two year olds. In an odd way, the story is very real in how it portrays people. All of the flaws, fears, motivations, excuses, relentless drive, insanity and degrees of love are carefully presented in a way that make you notice. The thinking bits are not as sharp or clear cut but I cannot help but see each piece and have my mind go off in a countless leaps of connections.
It is not a simple story. Nor is it a happy one. Yet, I find myself coming away from the end of each book with a smile and bright hope. This is a story about a man who becomes the best of himself by experiencing the darkest depths of tangible nightmares.
Note - It's totally possible to read the first two books of the Acts of Caine and be happy. The main story arc that started in the first book is wrapped up well in this one.
Mini-Review:
Woot! This book confirms it. I added another author to my favorite list. Despite the parts that are rough and bits that are not that plausible, I loved this book. Part of the story is rather abstract and there's a lot of philosophical tangents that jump around, fly and scream like hyper two year olds. In an odd way, the story is very real in how it portrays people. All of the flaws, fears, motivations, excuses, relentless drive, insanity and degrees of love are carefully presented in a way that make you notice. The thinking bits are not as sharp or clear cut but I cannot help but see each piece and have my mind go off in a countless leaps of connections.
It is not a simple story. Nor is it a happy one. Yet, I find myself coming away from the end of each book with a smile and bright hope. This is a story about a man who becomes the best of himself by experiencing the darkest depths of tangible nightmares.
This one was a huge disappointment. I loved Heroes Die, but this was nothing like that book. I found it to be confusing and boring for all but the first few flashback chapters (which were actually really good). The whole book seems to be promoting some weird philosophy about humanity that I just can't even remotely get behind, it's just too out there, even for a fantasy novel.
Plenty of people love and recommend this book, but I just didn't get it. A shame, too, because I'd bought the whole series in anticipation of loving them as much as I loved the first, but I'll be selling the latter 3 books straight away.
Plenty of people love and recommend this book, but I just didn't get it. A shame, too, because I'd bought the whole series in anticipation of loving them as much as I loved the first, but I'll be selling the latter 3 books straight away.
I was recently reminded that I hadn't read past book 1 in this series (it utterly blew my mind), and I was delighted to find book 2 in my library's ebook system.
Well, now I'm going to DNF at 14%, because a) there's no way I'll finish reading even half of it before I'd have to check it out again, and b) I can't imagine continuing as it is. There is so little action. I get excited at the bits of hints of things to come, but they are (apparently) so far off that I just don't care enough to keep slogging. YMMV, of course. The older I get, the less patience I have for boredom, and that's no reflection on the novels. That's me.
Note: the kindle file has some missing scene breaks, which are jarring, despite the next scene's first four words in all-caps.
Well, now I'm going to DNF at 14%, because a) there's no way I'll finish reading even half of it before I'd have to check it out again, and b) I can't imagine continuing as it is. There is so little action. I get excited at the bits of hints of things to come, but they are (apparently) so far off that I just don't care enough to keep slogging. YMMV, of course. The older I get, the less patience I have for boredom, and that's no reflection on the novels. That's me.
Note: the kindle file has some missing scene breaks, which are jarring, despite the next scene's first four words in all-caps.
The book is surprisingly good, but the ending spoils it
I will, or I won't. Too much badass to put into words