A review by katewutz
The Dragon of Jin-Sayeng by K.S. Villoso

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

So…the trilogy is probably too long. It felt shaggy, like a few plot points could have been cut. There are SO many characters, probably too many (though I did appreciate that there were more women in this last one). There were times when I felt like Tali wasn’t worried about things she should have or would have been—but maybe that’s because people shove things out of their minds in dire situations. 

Still, I liked it. I could complain about the violence but that would be to miss one of the points of the book, I think—which is basically that war is hell and turns people to monsters.

The scene where Tali and Khine face down Yeshin is really solid and emotional in the best ways, though again we could have cut out Arro’s wife whom Tali doesn’t remember and doesn’t know.

Maybe if i hadn’t read it right after The Ikessar Falcon I would have been fresher for it.