Reviews

The Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence

bookishnerdyjess's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

brokenjac's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

4.25

bakeybeans's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Slavery

Minor: Cannibalism

itsmandaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

love2read4fun's review against another edition

3.5

Frustrated with this …  while the world building is so interesting, this could have been half as long and covered the same territory. Sort of a ‘sound and  fury’ going on. 
I kept wanting to quit, but really enjoyed the first book, which I finished not long ago . I kept thinking this would be worth the effort. Not sure I’ll read the final book, as much as I rather loved Livira and Evar,

and am curious about Arpix and Clovis.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

sobergs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

hawkeyegonzalez's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I don't know if this series just isn't for me or if maybe I need to read it instead of listening to the audiobook, but I didn't like this book at all.  It is so painfully slow, and there is a lot of info dumping here.  To top it off, this book does a lot of time traveling, which is not a trope that I enjoy at all.

Things do get slightly more interesting about 15-20% near the end, but by then, I just didn't care what was going on or what happened to anyone.

Sad to say, but this might be the first Mark Lawrence series that I fail to finish.  I've enjoyed his other series, but this one is a big miss for me.

jarichan's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

adenayi's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.25

mforsyth's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0