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A review by lilgrizzles
The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This book had so much...
There is the idea here of it being a fantasy world, one where the gods walk among us humans, affect our day to day. Giant whale/narwhal creatures and giant falcon's that use helium to fly. Giant herbivore dragon cows. Giant men with double pupils. Horses (well, one horse) that was ten feet tall that carried said giant on its back.
These are the fantastical elements. But somehow, this book felt less fantastical and more historical fiction. These places never existed. These wars never occured.
But it still felt less fantastical than so many other series.
The characters were so much deeper in this book than the first, the are developed and are richer for it. Luan Zya in the first book to the second was just more real.
The one thing that Liu did so well in this book was made the characters more real, and made even the smallest character important.
Such an improvement over the first.
There is the idea here of it being a fantasy world, one where the gods walk among us humans, affect our day to day. Giant whale/narwhal creatures and giant falcon's that use helium to fly. Giant herbivore dragon cows. Giant men with double pupils. Horses (well, one horse) that was ten feet tall that carried said giant on its back.
These are the fantastical elements. But somehow, this book felt less fantastical and more historical fiction. These places never existed. These wars never occured.
But it still felt less fantastical than so many other series.
The characters were so much deeper in this book than the first, the are developed and are richer for it. Luan Zya in the first book to the second was just more real.
The one thing that Liu did so well in this book was made the characters more real, and made even the smallest character important.
Such an improvement over the first.