Reviews

Snow, Fire, Sword by Sophie Masson

roshk99's review

1.0

This book was too cliche and predictable. The plot was not engaging enough and the character's did not inspire any loyalty. The good guys won a little too easily. Masson tried to incorporate some complexity, but failed to make it entertaining. Overall, a cliche fantasy book that was not worth reading

cmbohn's review

2.0

This one started out OK, but it was kind of a mess. Plenty of action, but it wasn't making a lot of sense. I didn't understand the mythology of the figures involved or the belief system or anything. I gave up on it - plenty of other things to read out there!

genevievefrye's review

5.0

I loved this book! The plot was very original and had tons of unexpected twists.

j00j's review

1.0

Some of my classmates more familiar with Indonesian culture noted that this did have a very Indonesian feel, but that there were some things (particularly with regard to the deities) that were just not right, in a way that didn't seem to make sense for the alternate universe Masson was creating. There are some neat things in this book, but ultimately we all felt like it came down on the wrong side of cultural appropriation.

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Also, I was very disappointed that a fundamentalist Muslim character turned out to be the bad guy after all. It looked for awhile like he was going to be an important good character, but no, bad. What a cliche.