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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Had it not been for an amazing narrator, I might have given up on this one (just as I almost did on its predecessor).
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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
The author is very clearly having trouble transitioning from short stories to an actual novel, which is clear from the loosely-connected vignette structure of this book. He is also still bad at writing women, the main character is still bland and boring, but there’s hints here of more interesting material.
How can individuals live moral lives when inside rotten institutions without hope for systemic change? How do colonized peoples survive in complex international situations? Maybe the sequels continue to focus more on these questions and less on the edgelord garbage and barstool humor, but it’d take a good bit of change to make this recommendable.
How can individuals live moral lives when inside rotten institutions without hope for systemic change? How do colonized peoples survive in complex international situations? Maybe the sequels continue to focus more on these questions and less on the edgelord garbage and barstool humor, but it’d take a good bit of change to make this recommendable.
This book was very slow. It took a lot of energy to push through it. But it is the first one in the series so I understand a lot of information needed to be shared to show and introduce the setting, characters etc.
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An unchallenging though entertaining read, I enjoyed the vanilla nature of this fantasy world (basically D&D). It allowed me to just jump right into the story instead of laboriously familiarizing myself to a more original setting.
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes