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blok_sera_szwajcarskiego 's review for:
Shadow of the Fox
by Julie Kagawa
3,75⭐
Catgirl, emo kid, bum, bastard prince, dog lady and demon enter the emperor's palace.
The "Shadow of the Fox" in a nuttshell.
Reading this book was a pretty confusing experience. My feelings are still messed and undiscovered. Mostly because I think that this book works better as a bigger picture than every character and happening on its own.
So let me explain.
I had great fun reading it. Sure, the narration was kinda naïve, but it had the charm of such stories. The writing was enjoyable, with a great language and stable way of revealing next parts of the world to the reader. Chemistry between characters was... okay, this is the moment when my subjective opinion comes.
The problem I have with "Shadow of the Fox" is that when you focus on just one character, they don't really... make sense. Mark that I'm not complaining about atypical twists of typical tropes, but the fact that every part of the plot is just the part of it. There is, in my opinion, no independent thing here. Everything lives and works only in this closed environment.
Yumeko without the rest is just kinda naïve, blank "I spent my whole life in a temple" girl, where even her half-kitsune nature doesn't play the bigger role.
Tatsumi is just blank. He was meant to be a soulless weapon, but he has emotions and reactions of normal human being, and even his inside demon doesn't make any change.
Okame is a second-place character, which without story doesn't matter.
Daisuke is the only one that actually breaks the chain. He is a noble, former Demon Prince who visibly has something between him and his royal family. He is part of the plot, but also his own character.
And that's what I lacked here - characters meant to be something more than just a players of "finding scroll and fighting demons" game. The funniest part is that this issue is invisible when it comes to previous said "bigger picture", because it works perfectly as a "finding scroll and fighting demons" game.
I don't know if you understand what I'm trying to say. I can't words, okay?
"Shadow of the Fox" is, in my opinion, something entirely different. It's an atmospheric tale about legends and magic, road and goals, collecting the crew and meeting the villains. It kinda feels like a movie, or a game even, which is another point for SotF. And the more I think about it, the more I'm convinced to read next books, so I guess it's the best summarize of my rating.
Catgirl, emo kid, bum, bastard prince, dog lady and demon enter the emperor's palace.
The "Shadow of the Fox" in a nuttshell.
Reading this book was a pretty confusing experience. My feelings are still messed and undiscovered. Mostly because I think that this book works better as a bigger picture than every character and happening on its own.
So let me explain.
I had great fun reading it. Sure, the narration was kinda naïve, but it had the charm of such stories. The writing was enjoyable, with a great language and stable way of revealing next parts of the world to the reader. Chemistry between characters was... okay, this is the moment when my subjective opinion comes.
The problem I have with "Shadow of the Fox" is that when you focus on just one character, they don't really... make sense. Mark that I'm not complaining about atypical twists of typical tropes, but the fact that every part of the plot is just the part of it. There is, in my opinion, no independent thing here. Everything lives and works only in this closed environment.
Yumeko without the rest is just kinda naïve, blank "I spent my whole life in a temple" girl, where even her half-kitsune nature doesn't play the bigger role.
Tatsumi is just blank. He was meant to be a soulless weapon, but he has emotions and reactions of normal human being, and even his inside demon doesn't make any change.
Okame is a second-place character, which without story doesn't matter.
Daisuke is the only one that actually breaks the chain. He is a noble, former Demon Prince who visibly has something between him and his royal family. He is part of the plot, but also his own character.
And that's what I lacked here - characters meant to be something more than just a players of "finding scroll and fighting demons" game. The funniest part is that this issue is invisible when it comes to previous said "bigger picture", because it works perfectly as a "finding scroll and fighting demons" game.
I don't know if you understand what I'm trying to say. I can't words, okay?
"Shadow of the Fox" is, in my opinion, something entirely different. It's an atmospheric tale about legends and magic, road and goals, collecting the crew and meeting the villains. It kinda feels like a movie, or a game even, which is another point for SotF. And the more I think about it, the more I'm convinced to read next books, so I guess it's the best summarize of my rating.