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matthewgrant 's review for:
Steel Crow Saga
by Paul Krueger
I wanted to like this book a lot, especially as it started out. I wanted to read this book because it was a fantasy world inspired by Asian cultures, set in a more modern setting (1920s/1930s). There was a lot to like in its uniqueness and ambition. But while the story started strongly, it quickly went downhill and sort of stayed there. There were way too many political machinations for my taste, and I was disappointed that all four of the main characters only met up at the very end, and their relationships for the most part felt forced.
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But the biggest hurdle for me was the motivation of the villain. You're telling me that all of this was over...a bird? It would have made sense if there had been some in-depth description of what being a splintersoul truly does to a person, but there was too much else going on to really explore this. It's too bad because the story had great potential.
SPOILERS TO FOLLOW
But the biggest hurdle for me was the motivation of the villain. You're telling me that all of this was over...a bird? It would have made sense if there had been some in-depth description of what being a splintersoul truly does to a person, but there was too much else going on to really explore this. It's too bad because the story had great potential.