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gandalf 's review for:
Storm Thief
by Chris Wooding
This book had a very interesting premise. Look at that description--how can you go wrong with a setting like that?
I guess you can. Despite the intriguing setting, this book was beyond blah. The author had a very mundane writing style that never managed to make this otherwise promising world real enough for me to care about it. And the characters were just disappointing. Rail was supposed to be this cool thief, and the author always SAID that he was sarcastic, mostly uncaring, whatever, but I never saw any proof of this claim. The one facet of his personality was his protectiveness over Moa.
Mos was another disappointment. I want characters with flaws and personalities, not fairytale-style so-sweet-and-innocent-that-my-goodness-of-heart-melts-the-most-evil-of-villains characters. I expect better of a sophisticated world like that of Storm Thief. Honestly, the only characters that were even remotely interesting were Vago and Lelek.
Four stars for setting and premise, two stars for characters, two stars for writing.
I guess you can. Despite the intriguing setting, this book was beyond blah. The author had a very mundane writing style that never managed to make this otherwise promising world real enough for me to care about it. And the characters were just disappointing. Rail was supposed to be this cool thief, and the author always SAID that he was sarcastic, mostly uncaring, whatever, but I never saw any proof of this claim. The one facet of his personality was his protectiveness over Moa.
Mos was another disappointment. I want characters with flaws and personalities, not fairytale-style so-sweet-and-innocent-that-my-goodness-of-heart-melts-the-most-evil-of-villains characters. I expect better of a sophisticated world like that of Storm Thief. Honestly, the only characters that were even remotely interesting were Vago and Lelek.
Four stars for setting and premise, two stars for characters, two stars for writing.