Reviews

Darknesses by L.E. Modesitt Jr.

mary_soon_lee's review

4.0

This is the second book in Modesitt's fantasy series, "The Corean Chronicles," and continues the adventures of Alucius, a herder by heritage and preference, a soldier by circumstance. I liked Alucius. I liked the fact that one of the rulers trying to manipulate Alucius's fate was NOT an evil villain. I found the pteridons a nicely formidable threat. I would have liked more extensive interplay between Alucius and the other characters, such as Feran, but that didn't stop me from enjoying the book.... I have a bag full of books that I just received at this year's Nebula conference. I have three shelves of books waiting to be read in my bedroom. But I know perfectly well that the next novel I read will be the third book in this series.

jeremybost's review

4.0

Fairly good...I disliked the more frequent POV switches though, and there were some boring spots.

distgenius's review

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

olityr's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

vaderbird's review

3.0

5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish

michaeldennis's review

3.0

Sometimes with Modesitt books there's a dry spell where you can't tell where he's heading with the story and there's a lot of detail about nothing. This book had a big chunk in for about the first 3/4 where the main character is going from place to place, battling, being overall great at everything he does, but there doesn't seem to be a point at it.

The last 25% is fast-paced, explaining more about the world, being introduced to new world-building concepts.

I wish the book was more like the latter. Maybe it just suffers as a middle book in the series?

cheshirematt's review

1.0

[DNF]
I got tired of this series.

egfrith's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Chronic illness and Infertility