Reviews

The death of the necromancer by Martha Wells

c_morning's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Fantasy mystery heist

vegandanimal's review against another edition

4.0

Very fun fantasy novel that blends genres and creates a vibrant "real" feeling world.

jadom's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

iamasecretagent's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

vorkosigan's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

zmorris1923's review against another edition

4.0

I liked this one, but again, nothing extraordinary in the field. But! I enjoyed it, the narrator is really great at his job.

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

This was a very atmospheric read! Very effortlessly gave the feeling of a dark fantasy-late 1800s city. Loved the carriages and the gas lamps and the cold. I really liked the mystery and the unsettling horror aspects with the ghouls and catacombs and dark magic. 
It loses some points for only having 1.75 relevant female characters and also for being about 200 pages too long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual violence, Vomit, Colonisation, and War

ehmannky's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-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

This book begins as a heist novel and then turns into a mystery as our gang of thieves rush to try to stop the murderous intents of a necromancer. It's dense, and I usually don't love mysteries, but I really enjoyed the characters, I liked seeing how this world develops, and I enjoyed that this world's best thief has to team up with what is essentially a fantasy Holmes and Watson duo. I think it's easy to see this is an early Wells' work as the pacing of the book is a bit uneven, but I still had a good time all the way through. 

The book is set 100 or so years after the first book, and you do not need to read book 1 to understand anything in book 2 (there are some fun Easter eggs from book 1 here, but they wouldn't have impacted my enjoyment of the book if I hadn't just finished book 1). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Death of parent

rainsynch's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

lou_1440's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5