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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
So fantastic! A little "deus ex machina" at times but overall very compelling. Am excited to read the next one in the series.
slow-paced
Disappointed… I was excited about this book and it started off really good, but about a third in it got so slow and boring. Will not continue on with this series.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A promising start to the trilogy but the action is often interrupted by long and tedious sections, so much so that I almost gave up more than once. This could have been a really good action adventure but it felt like the author wanted it to be more literary, hence the many wordy sections. The tone was very biblical in parts (“He was one of the Twelve and also the Other…He was the night of the nights…”) and story wise too there were biblical themes (a messiah of sorts is born to someone ordinary, man is wiped out due to his sins and a few have to rebuild the world). All in all it was interesting enough, and after 750 pages I feel committed enough to the story, the characters, and their challenges, that I would read the rest of the trilogy.
4 stars. This was needlessly long at a little over 1000 pages (well, the copy that my library has is 1000 pages) and I thought it would take me until the end of the month to finish but I will say that with the way it’s written it made getting through this a breeze. I loved the beginning half of this book. It had me absolutely hooked and I flew through it. The middle part was even good it was honestly just when I got towards the end that I started to struggle. The pace slowed down significantly and I found myself getting bored. I also wasn’t crazy about the way it ended but overall it was still a really good read and I’m definitely going to be reading the other books in this series.