Reviews

Age of War by Michael J. Sullivan

felravenn's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.5

As per the title of this book, this was a lot of... war. Too much of it. From the 50% mark, it was all fighting and typically those are the parts I find least interesting. I listened to the graphic audio for this while driving around, cleaning, etc. which is why I finished it, otherwise I probably would have skimmed through to the end. A let down after book 2 which was quite fun and entertaining. Not sure I'll continue with this series, it's gotten a little too predictable now.

hungry_ghosts's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.0

chlcrc617's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.0

vespertillio's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

4.0

curlyc90's review

4.0

Whew the character development in this book is sooooo good! Ahhh Raitheeeeee

cara0007's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

2.0

mir_mortal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring sad 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

5.0

crispy98's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

2024- The back half of this book was infinitely worth slogging through the first half setup in Alon Rhist. There were spectacular moments in this book, several made me pause in awe for a variety of emotions. I do question some of the choices in character development, namely Persephone’s continued coldness towards Raithe and Nyphron’s decline into pomposity, but overall this was a well-worth it read with a masterpiece ending.

mhibbz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

raijhu's review

4.0

This book was really slow for the first half and really good for the second half. This is the halfway point of the series so we'll see if we can move things along now!