Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Light of All That Falls by James Islington

3 reviews

sissizc's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5


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donatio's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

The ending was a nice wrap-up for the series, I feel like it fits the idea very well. 
Still there have been some things that bother me :

- The use of the word "ruefully" and some other adverbs
- The unnecessary and too short-griefed killing of many characters who deserved more than a one-page death
- it felt too easy sometimes because there are so many people to help and still it takes so long, it felt drawn out
- The whole Essence fighting scenes were repetitive
- I still didn't feel the connection to the characters or between them
- throughout the series I would have wished for more perspectives since they could have made the long story more interesting 

I personally wasn't overwhelmed by this work but it was okay, I guess just not my type of books. Maybe fans of Lord of the Rings would like this better than I did. 

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ellanarose's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful reflective 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

5.0


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