stefaniajoy 's review for:

The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay

2.0

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I have really mixed feelings about this book. I liked it, for the most part, but it often felt shallow to me. It was quite evident that this was not written recently and that it is some of Kay's early work. Perhaps I'm not literary enough to appreciate it?

I would have liked more character development and less fate.


Also CW/TW:

Rape / torture: why? Why is this necessary to show how evil the evil god is? Why are the women always helpless? Would have liked the book a lot more if it weren't for this part at the very end followed immediately by a cliffhanger.