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A review by downsdea
The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett
4.0
Almost gave this a 3 but that seems too harsh for what is still a really engaging story in an interesting universe.
In this book we spend the first, Iduno, third(?) going back over Inevera's childhood. Really, delving THIS deep into ANOTHER Krasian character? I would have liked to know more about, oh Iduno, someone from Lakton maybe, or Jeph, or Gared, or even, like, Darsy. SERIOUSLY, DARSY WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER. Instead we are back in Krasia, again, seeing events from Jardir's childhood, again, just from a different perspective. It was a slog to get through for me.
Eventually we get back into the thick of the current-events plot, thank goodness. Arlen's character is steadily evolving with each book, I'm fascinated by where this is going. I don't mind the addition of Renna as much as I might have expected, though I don't exactly like her yet.
As other reviewers mentioned though, this book is different from 1 and 2 with regard to how sex is written. I don't mind reading about sex, but I found the abrupt increase in detail level to be jarring. In previous books it was more like "she grabbed him and pulled him down, then he was inside her, they were both enjoying it, then they were interrupted by a demon." Very detached, perfunctory description. It was less about the details of the act and more about the interpersonal "who's doing it with whom." In this book there is a lot more detail about THE ACT. I found it kind of distasteful after what I was used to from previous books.
In this book we spend the first, Iduno, third(?) going back over Inevera's childhood. Really, delving THIS deep into ANOTHER Krasian character? I would have liked to know more about, oh Iduno, someone from Lakton maybe, or Jeph, or Gared, or even, like, Darsy. SERIOUSLY, DARSY WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER. Instead we are back in Krasia, again, seeing events from Jardir's childhood, again, just from a different perspective. It was a slog to get through for me.
Eventually we get back into the thick of the current-events plot, thank goodness. Arlen's character is steadily evolving with each book, I'm fascinated by where this is going. I don't mind the addition of Renna as much as I might have expected, though I don't exactly like her yet.
As other reviewers mentioned though, this book is different from 1 and 2 with regard to how sex is written. I don't mind reading about sex, but I found the abrupt increase in detail level to be jarring. In previous books it was more like "she grabbed him and pulled him down, then he was inside her, they were both enjoying it, then they were interrupted by a demon." Very detached, perfunctory description. It was less about the details of the act and more about the interpersonal "who's doing it with whom." In this book there is a lot more detail about THE ACT. I found it kind of distasteful after what I was used to from previous books.