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A review by calamity_mary
Acacia: The War with the Mein by David Anthony Durham
3.0
3.5 stars.
Seems unfair that I give this the same rating that I gave to War and Peace, however one must remenber that this rating refers to enjoyability and not quality per se. At least this is how I see it.
That said, I enjoyed the book quite a bit. I haven't read a epic fantasy book in a while and this felt like a breath of fresh air. I liked the storyline and the way this world - moraly speaking -was not black and white but almost completly gray. For the most part, you won't find a classic hero or villain type, just people being people. It's the kind of story that illustrates almost perfectly why there's such sayings as "the road to hell is paved with good intentions".
On the other hand there was some weak points. Some character's felt flat, some things just went along a bit too perfectly and some decisions where just blatently stupid, sudden and obviously put in there as plot devices. I also didn't like how even though the world of Acacia is not our own some objects and language were lifted from things we would most probably only hear or see in "our" Earth. I know I sould give examples but I always neglectto take proper note of these things.
Overall though, it's a triology I want to finish and it has me intrigued enough to want to find out about the next developments in Acacia.
Seems unfair that I give this the same rating that I gave to War and Peace, however one must remenber that this rating refers to enjoyability and not quality per se. At least this is how I see it.
That said, I enjoyed the book quite a bit. I haven't read a epic fantasy book in a while and this felt like a breath of fresh air. I liked the storyline and the way this world - moraly speaking -was not black and white but almost completly gray. For the most part, you won't find a classic hero or villain type, just people being people. It's the kind of story that illustrates almost perfectly why there's such sayings as "the road to hell is paved with good intentions".
On the other hand there was some weak points. Some character's felt flat, some things just went along a bit too perfectly and some decisions where just blatently stupid, sudden and obviously put in there as plot devices. I also didn't like how even though the world of Acacia is not our own some objects and language were lifted from things we would most probably only hear or see in "our" Earth. I know I sould give examples but I always neglectto take proper note of these things.
Overall though, it's a triology I want to finish and it has me intrigued enough to want to find out about the next developments in Acacia.