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A review by pinenoodle
The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri
2.0
And yet...
"And yet" is the most overused phrase in this series, or any book that I've read recently. And it's just gotten on my nerves.
I didn't like this book as much as the first, though I will say that I'm not sure how much that's a problem with this series so much as how sff trilogies are being done these days. The first book introduces a lot, makes us really explore the characters, see their problems.
This book just runs from there. There are problems that these characters face, but by and large it isn't on the same, get to know the characters, get to see them wrestle with their issues kind of level. Instead, the stakes become huge and world bending, and our main characters are playing their parts. And its less interesting.
This is a book that you'll love if you loved everything in the first book, if you want to be in this world. But if you thought it was intriguing and had promise? Maybe not so much.
I will say as well that this book continues the issues of timing that buggest me about the first book.
"And yet" is the most overused phrase in this series, or any book that I've read recently. And it's just gotten on my nerves.
I didn't like this book as much as the first, though I will say that I'm not sure how much that's a problem with this series so much as how sff trilogies are being done these days. The first book introduces a lot, makes us really explore the characters, see their problems.
This book just runs from there. There are problems that these characters face, but by and large it isn't on the same, get to know the characters, get to see them wrestle with their issues kind of level. Instead, the stakes become huge and world bending, and our main characters are playing their parts. And its less interesting.
This is a book that you'll love if you loved everything in the first book, if you want to be in this world. But if you thought it was intriguing and had promise? Maybe not so much.
I will say as well that this book continues the issues of timing that buggest me about the first book.