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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
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Excellent read great set up for the rest of the series . Can't wait to read more about this world
Excellent read great set up for the rest of the series . Can't wait to read more about this world
Girl.... I've said it every time I review one of David Hair's books, and I will gladly say it again to the masses: he has a very addictive writing style that's nearly impossible to put down!! If I didn't have to work, I would easily breeze through these tomes in a day or two. EASILY.
Now, that said, the Sunsurge Quartet would lose a majority of its charm without first reading the Moontide Quartet. There are a lot of old characters that return in this one and a lot of excitement as a result. Not only that, but some of the stakes don't feel quite as high unless you know the previous events and exactly what they mean in the long term! In other words, this series is seeped in spoilers for the Moontide Quartet that are impossible to escape. I would highly, highly recommend reading Moontide FIRST.
Onward!!!
The characterization in every one of his works are just stellar! You can't help but love the characters, even those the reader considers a villain. It's difficult not to see the villains side of things with reminders of their humanity sprinkled here and there, with their version of events communicated in their own POVs. We all have our secret battles and motivations, right? And sometimes circumstances force our hand outside of what we might have otherwise decided to do....
There are some reviewers who are turned off by the character Lyra and her naive embrace of the world at large.
.... the woman has spent twenty years of captivity in a convent. That isn't a spoiler, that's where she's found to be at the very beginning of her storyline. She was not only born in the convent, she remained there until her 'rescue.' So, naturally, her way of viewing the world would be wholly skewed by that way of life. A woman character doesn't always have to be strong, that is sooooo stupid to think or to even say that a female character has to be warrior and a fighter in every text that one is mentioned. Sometimes a female is weak. Sometimes a MALE is weak. That's realistic. And just because a female or a male character is weak, doesn't make their characterization shit. How fucking exciting would a story be if every character had the strength of will and power to combat every challenge? I don't even know if that's exactly why some dislike her character or if I'm reading it wrong. But I don't think a 'whiny' character is at all a detriment to a story.
UNLESS it's just there as a motivator of some variety. Like sometimes happens with 'bully' characters. A bully character who is just shit for no reason other than to try to motivate the main character into action is really deserving of the 'shit' label.
In summary: not all female characters have to be warriors or strong enough to argue against the powers that try to suppress them. Sometimes they aren't. Sometimes they wish to cling to their savior male love. Sometimes they like to be loose and sexual. Sometimes they're flighty. It's all good!!!
This story is great and just as wondrous as the Moontide!!!
Now, that said, the Sunsurge Quartet would lose a majority of its charm without first reading the Moontide Quartet. There are a lot of old characters that return in this one and a lot of excitement as a result. Not only that, but some of the stakes don't feel quite as high unless you know the previous events and exactly what they mean in the long term! In other words, this series is seeped in spoilers for the Moontide Quartet that are impossible to escape. I would highly, highly recommend reading Moontide FIRST.
Onward!!!
The characterization in every one of his works are just stellar! You can't help but love the characters, even those the reader considers a villain. It's difficult not to see the villains side of things with reminders of their humanity sprinkled here and there, with their version of events communicated in their own POVs. We all have our secret battles and motivations, right? And sometimes circumstances force our hand outside of what we might have otherwise decided to do....
There are some reviewers who are turned off by the character Lyra and her naive embrace of the world at large.
.... the woman has spent twenty years of captivity in a convent. That isn't a spoiler, that's where she's found to be at the very beginning of her storyline. She was not only born in the convent, she remained there until her 'rescue.' So, naturally, her way of viewing the world would be wholly skewed by that way of life. A woman character doesn't always have to be strong, that is sooooo stupid to think or to even say that a female character has to be warrior and a fighter in every text that one is mentioned. Sometimes a female is weak. Sometimes a MALE is weak. That's realistic. And just because a female or a male character is weak, doesn't make their characterization shit. How fucking exciting would a story be if every character had the strength of will and power to combat every challenge? I don't even know if that's exactly why some dislike her character or if I'm reading it wrong. But I don't think a 'whiny' character is at all a detriment to a story.
UNLESS it's just there as a motivator of some variety. Like sometimes happens with 'bully' characters. A bully character who is just shit for no reason other than to try to motivate the main character into action is really deserving of the 'shit' label.
In summary: not all female characters have to be warriors or strong enough to argue against the powers that try to suppress them. Sometimes they aren't. Sometimes they wish to cling to their savior male love. Sometimes they like to be loose and sexual. Sometimes they're flighty. It's all good!!!
This story is great and just as wondrous as the Moontide!!!