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fish_reads 's review for:
The Summer Tree
by Guy Gavriel Kay
This book was not what I expected. I guess I was expecting Tolkien-esque fantasy, which it was, but also was not. I certainly didn't expect five randos from modern earth to be the protagonists, but I definitely loved it.
As some reviewers have said, the characters are a little awkward at first, and hard to get to know. There's so much lore and backstory that we don't know, but everything in the story is full of it. It's like walking through an old European city and not knowing any of the culture or history-- you know it's there, but you don't know what it is. The magic system and world building are just incredible, and the whole book put me into this dream-like mood with the writing style. I'm excited to start the next one.
Warning, though. Potential pseudo spoiler.
The rape scene at the end was not exactly explicit, but it was about as horrifying as it gets.
As some reviewers have said, the characters are a little awkward at first, and hard to get to know. There's so much lore and backstory that we don't know, but everything in the story is full of it. It's like walking through an old European city and not knowing any of the culture or history-- you know it's there, but you don't know what it is. The magic system and world building are just incredible, and the whole book put me into this dream-like mood with the writing style. I'm excited to start the next one.
Warning, though. Potential pseudo spoiler.
The rape scene at the end was not exactly explicit, but it was about as horrifying as it gets.