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A review by trgrze20
Upon a Burning Throne by Ashok K. Banker
3.0
3.25
There were things I liked and there were things that I really did not.
I liked the dialect interaction between characters. I felt the author did a decent job at making you feel a sorta bond in a short amount of time. I also liked the build up to events. For example: Karni’s first kid or testing the heirs on the burning throne. Also appreciated how heritages and plot points were repeated. Some might find that annoying, I found it helpful to keep track of everything in a larger novel. I also thought the timeline jumps were not difficult to follow
I didn’t like the actual “build up scenes” or their conclusions. For example: the first war with jarsun. Based on what I read, I thought he died but he randomly popped up again and again with no context how he survived or is surviving through the a$$ kickings. There was no mention of krushita, the rightful heir, after the exile even though half the synopsis on the book is referencing her. I felt vital character building moments were skipped over such as mentioning shvate and Adri’s training. One minute they were put in camp, the next they’re at war and fully trained. Or that they have a half brother who randomly appears. Or that the brothers are all of sudden married. Or that geldry had 101 kids at once and it is treated as normal day. Just things I felt could/should have been delved into more to flush out the story and build more connections between the characters and with them.
There is potential in the story itself and it did read easy and peek my interest enough to read it all. Still undecided if I’ll continue on.
There were things I liked and there were things that I really did not.
I liked the dialect interaction between characters. I felt the author did a decent job at making you feel a sorta bond in a short amount of time. I also liked the build up to events. For example: Karni’s first kid or testing the heirs on the burning throne. Also appreciated how heritages and plot points were repeated. Some might find that annoying, I found it helpful to keep track of everything in a larger novel. I also thought the timeline jumps were not difficult to follow
I didn’t like the actual “build up scenes” or their conclusions. For example: the first war with jarsun. Based on what I read, I thought he died but he randomly popped up again and again with no context how he survived or is surviving through the a$$ kickings. There was no mention of krushita, the rightful heir, after the exile even though half the synopsis on the book is referencing her. I felt vital character building moments were skipped over such as mentioning shvate and Adri’s training. One minute they were put in camp, the next they’re at war and fully trained. Or that they have a half brother who randomly appears. Or that the brothers are all of sudden married. Or that geldry had 101 kids at once and it is treated as normal day. Just things I felt could/should have been delved into more to flush out the story and build more connections between the characters and with them.
There is potential in the story itself and it did read easy and peek my interest enough to read it all. Still undecided if I’ll continue on.