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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
Enjoyable book overall, but felt it falling flat towards the end. Things just seem to abruptly come together and the extremely extended scene with 'God' was bland and somehow conveniently concluded. While the characters, dialogues and plot twists were extremely engaging, I feel the build up didn't amount to anything satisfying.
I would say The Black Prism is probably the most special book as the series starter and introduction to the unique magic system. The series is definitely worth a read, but I feel the first book set a really high standard of writing than what the Lightbringer as whole lived up to.
I would say The Black Prism is probably the most special book as the series starter and introduction to the unique magic system. The series is definitely worth a read, but I feel the first book set a really high standard of writing than what the Lightbringer as whole lived up to.
This could have been a decent trilogy but Weeks decided to extend the series by throwing in random world building mid story and pad out the word count with useless descriptions and pointless conversations. Writing descriptions of things that would never be explored in detail. Conversations that merely reinforce character traits that were already described ad nauseum. Then a lot of story lines were resolved in the worst ways possible. What was even the point of Liv's POV? I never enjoyed her segments, AND never got pay off. Another character's POV was completely retconned in book 4. Is there supposed to be a massive pile of moldy bread somewhere? And then there's the textbook Deus Ex Machina. Much of my enjoyment came from Simon Vance's narration of the audiobook, making dull events more exciting than they deserve. The only books I enjoyed in this series were books 1+2. I wish i dropped this sooner.
1.5/5 I'm never reading Brent Weeks again.
1.5/5 I'm never reading Brent Weeks again.
fast-paced
I despised how this flowed, ended, it was choppy and uninteresting. The series started very poorly, but I liked the concept. It reached its peak Book 3/4. It took me months to finish this book whose pace was glacial. Although it challenges the perception that the ending of a fantasy series must be dominated by a big battle, it really was disappointing.
actual 4, unlike the other 4.5s in this series. It loses points for me on the ending, which got kinda lamely religious.
40h book, holy cow. man, this book really does emotionally engage me. I feel real disappointment, like how. i understand both character's viewpoints, and hate to see it tear them apart. lost count of the number of actual emotional scenes. teared up several times, not just for deaths but also for emotional reunions. also was super excited for some parts, like . I love the ambiguity of not having a single hero, and how the characters try to reconcile this. and characters we love killing each other, . Final verdict. Absolutely excellent, highly recommend. A little religious at the end, but oh well.
40h book, holy cow. man, this book really does emotionally engage me. I feel real disappointment, like how
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like cruxer and iron fist
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
It’s... somewhat hard to swallow that the light bringer series is finished. it’s bitter sweet but in the same it’s always feels good to wrap up a long running series.
For now, all I have is a question: was it so necessary to rely nearly exclusively on deus ex machina for half the book? Bit one trick pony, there, Brent.
For now, all I have is a question: was it so necessary to rely nearly exclusively on deus ex machina for half the book? Bit one trick pony, there, Brent.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
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:
Complicated
adventurous
inspiring
tense
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