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A review by nicole_reads_everything
Prince of Death by W.M. Fawkes, Sam Burns
1.0
DNF ~16%
I've generally enjoyed the books I've read by this duo, but I went into this with some concerns based on reviews, and sure enough, I just couldn't get into this one. There's no world building at all to the point where there's no context, and while I love a good riff on mythology, it was clear very littler work was done here to make it all make sense. Lysandros's tragic backstory was super weird and random and told in such an odd and confusing way I was left scratching my head, and I'm just... not really sure what the point of it all was. Stopped early, so maybe it gets better, but the foundation was so messy and half-assed that I had zero interest in continuing.
I've generally enjoyed the books I've read by this duo, but I went into this with some concerns based on reviews, and sure enough, I just couldn't get into this one. There's no world building at all to the point where there's no context, and while I love a good riff on mythology, it was clear very littler work was done here to make it all make sense. Lysandros's tragic backstory was super weird and random and told in such an odd and confusing way I was left scratching my head, and I'm just... not really sure what the point of it all was. Stopped early, so maybe it gets better, but the foundation was so messy and half-assed that I had zero interest in continuing.