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cooldudenick's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Murder and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Kidnapping, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Sexual content
keksspion's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Minor: Rape
mhshokuhi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
البته منظورم این نیست که کتاب بدیه، کتاب پر از وقایع باحال و جذابه و هر کدوم جداگانه چیزهای خوبیاند و مشخصه که نویسنده خیلی ایده جذاب داره اما نمیتونه انتخاب کنه و میخواد به همشون یکجا بپردازه و این باعث میشه کتاب به شدت طولانی، پر از وقایع نامهم و بالا و پایینهای نامنظم باشه. اگه کتاب به چند جلد مختلف تقسیم میشد (مثلاً یه رمان اصلی و یه سری کتاب جانبی) که هر کتاب فراز و فرود خودش رو داشته باشه واقعاً نتیجهاش به نظرم بهتر میشد. الان اینطوریه که با حال و هوای کتاب قبل شروع میکنی، یکهو اما بورینگ و پر از روابط درباری میشه، یکهو ماجراجویی و اکشن میشه، یکهو کووت آفتاب مهتاب ندیده خدای سکس میشه و بعدش میره فنون پیشرفته سکسفو (بر وزن کونگفو. توی یکی از نقدها دیدم، خیلی واژهسازی خوبی کرده بود برای این قسمت کتاب 🤣) رو از یه پری یاد میگیره اما به جای اینکه عقلش رو از دست بده (ملت از شدت عشق به فِلوریِن دیوانه میشن یا هرچی) یا بلایی سرش بیاد سر یه واقعه دیگه (که باید بیاد) در میره الکی الکی و بعدش یکهو نویسنده میپره پایین و باز بورینگ میشه و شروع به توصیف یه سری آدم میکنه که روی اعصابن و مثلاً میخوان یه ویچر-اسسین به نظر بیان اما در اون حد نیستن و جذابیت خاصی ندارن و و رسوماتشون مسخره است -_- حالا بعد اون باز کتاب یکم بهتر میشه اما کلا چیز تازهای برای عرضه نداره و تکراری هست همه چیزها و نمیتونم خودم رو راضی کنم بیشتر از ۲.۷۵ بهش بدم. در حد ۲ نیست اما ۳ هم زیادشه 😅
مشکلم البته با بالا و پایین شدن نیست، مشکلم با یکهویی بودن همه چیزه، کلا هی از این ماجرا میپره به اون ماجرا بدون transition درست و حسابی و حس میکنی داری ۵۰تا داستان کوتاه بیربط رو میخونی که ۴۸تاش ابدا مهم نیستن برای داستان اصلی که یادش رفته تعریف کنه نویسنده.
کتاب قبلی سیر پیشرفت خیلی بهتر داشت، هی موضوع جذاب میگذاشت جلوت و توی چند فصل آینده شرح میداد و همینطور تا آخر و مشکلات دیگهای که توی نقد اون کتاب گفتم رو کامل میپوشوند.
و وای، راتفوس چقدر از کلمه nonchalant و مشتقاتش استفاده میکنه، دیوانه شدم -_- نانشلانت و کوفت و زهر مار. یه سری عبارت و اینهای دیگه هم هستن که به شدت زیاد استفاده میشن و واقعاً روی اعصابم بودن. اصلاً نشونه خوبی توی نویسندگی نیست به نظرم اونم وقتی جملهبندیهات ابدا سنگین یا کهنه یا اپیک نیست 😬
البته تلاش کرده جملاتش آهنگین باشه یه سری جاها و بد هم نیست اما اونقدر هم مهم نیست. مثلاً مقایسه کنید با آهنگ جملات تالکین که شاید به راحتی(؟) این نباشه آهنگش مثلاً اما اونجا قشنگ انگار به نفر روی صندلی نشسته و یه کتاب بزرگ دستش هست و داره برات داستان میخونه، برخلاف اینجا که کووت مثلاً داره همین کار رو میکنه حدوداً.
واقعاً میخواستم که این مجموعه رو دوست داشته باشم و با کلی ذوق و شوق شروع کردم اما نشد :/ بهخصوص حدود یک سوم آخر جلد ۲ رو به زور جلو بردم. جلد سوم وقتی بیاد اگه جلد آخر باشه میخونمش که تمومش کرده باشم، اما اگه بخواد کشش بده بعیده سراغش برم 😬
Moderate: Toxic friendship and Sexual content
Minor: Kidnapping, Violence, Rape, and Toxic relationship
madmadmaddymad's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
My favorite sequence is the time Kvothe spent with Felurian. (What can you expect? I’m faerie trash.) I did not enjoy the Ademre sequence - even though the women are badasses, I still found it somehow misogynistic. Maybe it’s because of Kvothe, and how he tainted the time he spent there by talking about how it’s not proper for women to fight, women where he comes from do not fight, and bemoaning that he was paired to spar with a little girl. I just found that that part of the book really dragged, and even though we spent a lot of time there, I didn’t get close to any of the women, and I didn’t get the feeling that Kvothe really respected any of the women? I was waiting for it to be over, and him to go back to the Maer. Even though I didn’t care much for the court politics and the Maer, I still felt like there was more life in that part of the story than the piece in the Ademre.
But aside from that portion of the book… this was such a captivating and excellent story. I still love the parts with Bast, the Chronicler, and Kvothe-the-tavernkeep the most. It feels so fresh to read a fantasy story this way - to have the days laid out this way, and the story told from the hero’s perspective while a perfect stranger and truly good friend listen in.
Bast is obviously still my favorite
I love a scary faerie man
Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, and Racism
Minor: Sexual content
eileencs27's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Moderate: Murder, Violence, and Blood
Minor: Physical abuse and Rape
meg0_o's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Murder, War, Sexual violence, Rape, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Gore
lenore2185's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
First of all, the Felurian calling Kvothe a "lusty man" after trying to death by snu snu. Bitch, that's a child. He is sixteen. Go to prison.
Then all the Adem women finding this child irresistible. I don't know a single woman in her late 20s who would look at a 16-17 year old boy (again, a child) and go "Yeah, I want that." Go to prison.
Then Kvothe bravely rescues two girls from bandits, living out that weird power fantasy that men seem to have where they stop a rape by beating up a rapist (and yet they won't call their male friends out for sexually harassing or assaulting someone....okay). And after being brutally raped for days on end, one of these girls has the audacity to say "I hate men." I know, the horror. A girl experiences multiple brutal assaults by multiple men and has decided that she doesn't particularly like or trust men right now. And Kvothe, the dumbass, gets upset and says "I'm a man :( we're not all like that." He really looked this girl in the eye after she survived being raped and said "Well not all men!" Fuck off. It's even worse that it's implied he almost experienced sexual assault in his backstory, and yet he couldn't conjure up even a little bit of empathy. What the actual fucking fuck is all of this.
Tl;dr why did this book have to get so horny when the main character is a 16 year old boy. That's a child. Kvothe is a child. There are multiple sex scenes featuring a child. Go to prison.
Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Rape
obredwolf's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Slavery
Minor: Rape
proza's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Mental illness, Bullying, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, and Pregnancy
Minor: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and War
nerdkitten's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Violence, Xenophobia, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Classism, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Torture
Moderate: Mental illness, Medical content, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse
Minor: Pregnancy, Cursing, Excrement, Grief, Sexual violence, War, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Death of parent, Biphobia, and Racial slurs