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A review by raccoonrae
The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Really wanted to like this one, but found myself constantly frustrated, really only finished it because I got attached to the characters
Pros:
-Lots of diversity and queer rep
-Lovable characters, maybe worth it for that if you can deal with the rest
Cons:
-The metaphors are VERY heavy handed and often literally explained by the characters, and frankly most of them feel very shoehorned in
-The pace was all over the place
-The plot didn’t really have a satisfying build or conclusion
-The writing itself doesn’t feel very polished, kind of jarringly edited in some places
-I found the world building really frustrating you find out in the last few pages that witches actually have much stronger magic than fae, so how did the people with more power end up as the oppressed ones in this society?
-Too much attention is given to things that don’t matter, at one point several pages are spent giving detailed physical descriptions of a long procession of people we literally never see again, near the end of the book, when we could have been wrapping up plot points that were instead left unaddressed
Pros:
-Lots of diversity and queer rep
-Lovable characters, maybe worth it for that if you can deal with the rest
Cons:
-The metaphors are VERY heavy handed and often literally explained by the characters, and frankly most of them feel very shoehorned in
-The pace was all over the place
-The plot didn’t really have a satisfying build or conclusion
-The writing itself doesn’t feel very polished, kind of jarringly edited in some places
-I found the world building really frustrating
-Too much attention is given to things that don’t matter, at one point several pages are spent giving detailed physical descriptions of a long procession of people we literally never see again, near the end of the book, when we could have been wrapping up plot points that were instead left unaddressed
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Violence, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide attempt
Minor: Child abuse, Deadnaming, and Sexual violence