Reviews

A Crown for Cold Silver by Alex Marshall

scrollsofdragons's review against another edition

2.0

This book was so hard to get through and I'm not sure of continuing because I found the way it was written made it difficult for me to like much about the book. And there is so much going for this fantasy that it's a shame I couldn't get into it the way I wanted to. Their is a lot of world building, setting and characters and the way it's written makes it hard to grasp any of it. It is refreshing to have a non sexist, extremely diverse high fantasy though.

bmbriar's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

A fantasy favourite. This cast of characters is absolutely wonderful. Would recommend to anyone who wants to like Joe Abercrombie, but can't past the fact that he's clearly never met a woman. 

joosty's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

5.0

lumengaidin's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.5

sherbetmango's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I just finished! Slow read at first but the pace picked up in part two once the POVs crashed together. Interesting world building and magic system layered over a political pull between church and state. I enjoyed the Zosia and Maruto plot lines but I think Sullen was my favorite character. The campaign of misinformation was well used and I enjoyed the book overall.

breq's review against another edition

nah.

sjj169's review against another edition

I've picked up this book three different times and tried to read it. It just doesn't catch my attention. DNF no rating.

leathor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

awesomejen2's review against another edition

1.0

Extremely disappointing. I won't rehash the synopsis here since anyone can just read the summary for themselves but I will say what was promised in the synopsis was not what was delivered in the story. I was expecting a retired old warrior queen turned peasant to experince a moving personal tragedy that would propel her to come out of retirement and seek revenge. She would bust out the old sword and armor from some hidden chest and get her old band of warriors back together (kind of a la RED but in a fantasy world) and go out there seeking vengance and kick some butt. That did not happen at all. The main issues I had were 1) Too many new characters introduced too fast 2) Too may different places introduced too fast and no map to help you 3)some chapters were just way too slow 4) too much POV shifting 5) any time a weapon is mentioned it was swords, axes, knives etc but then completely out of the blue a character suddenly has a pistol, can you have guns and swords in the same world? Yes that's fine but you have to stablish what level of technology the world has at the beginning of the book or else it's completely jarring to the reader 6) everyone that was supposed to be a badass spent most of their time declaring they were a badass warrior without actually doing anything badass, this was the biggest of the disappointments.

countingstarsbycandlelight's review against another edition

3.0

I had to quit. I think I got to 700 of 900 something pages. I mean, I read this book. It was just too long and not in a George R R Martin kind of way either ...
I *might* go back to it, but only on audio.
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