Reviews

Dragonslayer by William King

nigellicus's review

adventurous dark

5.0

Admiring more and more the rock-solid craft that goes into these, from the handling of the plotting-for-the-novel-and-for-the-series, to the characterisation, the just-enough-detail worldbuilding, the carefully constructed epic action scenes. This volume has the contrasting highlights of opening with a huge dragon versus a dwarf airship, and a pleasingly prickly and difficult adult relationship developing between two people in uncertain circumstances who aren't always their best selves towards each other. Also, every time the Skaven are onstage there's invariably a reference to their fear musk-glands, which feels like a reference to a billionaire currently spraying his glands all over a social media platform.

delton215's review

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.25

jonathanrobert's review

adventurous funny 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

4.0

courland's review

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.75

mayastone's review

3.0

The fourth instalment in the series and it is still an interesting read, my only real criticism is the added romance, I honestly have no idea where that came from and why it was added at all. Plus not only is it a romance but it is a love triangle between people who barely know each other. What exactly does Felix have in common with Ulrika except for the “amazing feeling of being drawn to each other” which is a synonym for “lazy writing!” Throw in a love struck wizard and the whole thing feels like a cheesy harlequin romance together with angst-y love blathering “I love him but I hate him but I love him but I hate him...”

Remove that bit of pointlessness and the book is true to the others, you have some Skaven, Dwarves, Humans and in this instalment Orcs, Goblins and Dragons thrown in for good measure but as per usual Gotrek is a fighting machine, only peripheral characters are killed except for Vertek who we met in the previous book. Again the world described is fascinating and has a strong “Oblivion” feel to it which I love but again, the love ruined it, really it did.