Ashes of Man by Christopher Ruocchio

4.41 AVERAGE

alecdemith's review

3.0
3.5
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bookwormmuse's review

4.5
adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

amiewg's review against another edition

5.0
I'm never forgiving Hadrian for that ending even tho I get it. WDYM breathe, breathe?? Don't tell me to breathe, bring me a shot...bring me a shot...

scedne0's review against another edition

3.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional 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
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iremslibrary's review against another edition

3.75
adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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

pinappbuttonup's review

4.0
adventurous dark emotional 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
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xtrielx's review against another edition

4.75
adventurous dark emotional tense

tjjerome's review

4.5
dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

universe500's review against another edition

4.25
adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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robertg's review

5.0
emotional tense
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
This was very clearly meant to be part of Kingdoms of Death, but that would have been much to long a book and so it was split into 2. It takes place immediately after book 4 and takes the ruin of a man that Hadrian was, builds him back up to be whole again but still scared beyond repair, and then ruins him again. He will never be the indomitable Halfmortal again. The centuries are taking their toll and that past has destroyed him. I did find this the most predictable entry yet (I knew how it would end very early on) and probably the 2nd weakest in the series (2nd to book 1). That being said, it was still a very enjoyable read.