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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
adventurous
dark
emotional
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:
Yes
i had such fucking hopes. i could honestly write a fucking essay on all that was wrong with this book but im too mad so i will just say one thing. KILL YOUR FUCKING GAYS TROPE????? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
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
DNF at chapter 24: Anoor. This was a hot mess! What happened to the characters, the plot, the everything!!!!!
adventurous
emotional
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:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This star rating is more about the series then the book itself. I thought thus book had a great number of flaws tgat were nut fully fleched out and the multiple pov schould have been started egore te last 50 pag. For now it felt like, why would i care about his specific persons pov?
Also after having 3 books talking about Sylahs struggle with ediction. The ternaround for Noor tgat was not only deugd but basicaly mindwached by a cult was convienently quick. There is a mention of loots spider broach and this confused me because that would mean he was Yonas brother. However the story was he had died before she arrived to these shores. He would have recognised his sister if she was this prominant a figure in the empire. This veel unfinished to me.
Also the ending gives me so maney questons and yet....im good with it. Would have liked to see a little more depth in the end but i enjoyed the series as a hole a lot.
Also after having 3 books talking about Sylahs struggle with ediction. The ternaround for Noor tgat was not only deugd but basicaly mindwached by a cult was convienently quick. There is a mention of loots spider broach and this confused me because that would mean he was Yonas brother. However the story was he had died before she arrived to these shores. He would have recognised his sister if she was this prominant a figure in the empire. This veel unfinished to me.
Also the ending gives me so maney questons and yet....im good with it. Would have liked to see a little more depth in the end but i enjoyed the series as a hole a lot.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I HATE an ambiguous ending. It is right up there with: pregnancy trope, miscommunication, and age gap for things that will ruin a book for me. WHY?! Why did we go through all of that to get a non-specific ending. I don't want to decide for myself. I want to know, in detail. So, Anoor is with her Grandmother and she is being drugged, which was super obvious but she is so trusting that she had NO IDEA until Sylah rescued her right before the battle. Also, Anoor being the child of fire and being the one to ring the battle drum? Meant she was going to be put into a "god-beast" and drained of her bone marrow during the war. They were going to sacrifice her. And she was okay with it because they kept her drugged so she could be brainwashed and manipulated. Hassa is mad that Sylah has come back, but then Sylah joins with the Truthsayer to help the rebellion. The Truthsayer is Gorn and she is able to build an army, first of those who oppose the Wardens and then of those to protect the country from the Zalaam (Grandmother). Jond and Kara bring reinforcements, plus allies they weren't expecting since the water people had a coup while they were there, but their navy shows up anyway because their support was able to regain control. Hassa learns how to make and control fire so hot it can turn sand to glass. Anoor, once her drug induced haze wears off helps fights against the Zalaam and makes a beast that can rival the one that was designed for her. She kills her grandmother. Jond gets hurt in battle but survives, however he loses his ability to talk. He wants to go with the water people to learn sign language. Kara spreads a rumor that the Queen died on the battle field so she can live a normal life and she flights Jond. But it doesn't say where she takes him. Do they go to the ship? Does he learn to sign? WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM? Hassa had met her father, realized he had no idea she existed and he turned out to be a great dad. They spend the book working together and both survive. She is given the opportunity to become a teacher at the school, but she decides she wants to learn instead and they go together once he has been found to have committed no crimes. She has and remains my favorite character. I have no issues with how her story ended, we get an actual ending for her. Sylah and Anoor defeat Grandmother and then wake up under a sand dune with nobody around. Are they dead and in Kabuts realm? Are they alive and lost? We don't know. Based on the mythology established in the story, if they had died then their fathers should have been their because they were both daddy's girls and loved them desperately. But no, they are alone in the desert. We have no idea what happens to them other than they wake up together. WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM? And we know that Gorn survives, and while she puts herself up as one of the possible leaders, does she get elected? This is what I mean about ambiguous endings. There are too many unanswered questions. The epilogue should have answered the questions, not created more. I needed a second epilogue, an epilogue to the epilogue. I am irritated.