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A review by aseaoftomes
Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
This was such an interesting book and I had a really great time reading it.
This book is a Renaissance based fantasy dealing with places like Italy, the Ottoman Empire and the Balkans (primarily Croatia - Dubrovnik) and it's a story of revenge, trade, pirates and art. It's kind of hard to explain this book in a way.
The writing was pretty good - it had a good pace and the descriptions were good and it all flowed really well.
The plot was interesting. I loved all of the different aspects of the world and each storyline we followed and ultimately how it all tied together.
Te world building was rich and vivid. I've been to several of the places mentioned in the book (not necessarily the exact cities, but the countries) so I was able to picture everything really well. I love pirate stories and the folklore and history surrounding this one was so well done. And I thought the cultures were each captured really well.
Finally, the characters. We follow several different characters from each place and I found I enjoyed all of them and their arcs. I definitely had moments of liking some more than others at different points in the book.
Overall, a solid and fun read and I'm definitely going to pick up more by this author in the future.
This book is a Renaissance based fantasy dealing with places like Italy, the Ottoman Empire and the Balkans (primarily Croatia - Dubrovnik) and it's a story of revenge, trade, pirates and art. It's kind of hard to explain this book in a way.
The writing was pretty good - it had a good pace and the descriptions were good and it all flowed really well.
The plot was interesting. I loved all of the different aspects of the world and each storyline we followed and ultimately how it all tied together.
Te world building was rich and vivid. I've been to several of the places mentioned in the book (not necessarily the exact cities, but the countries) so I was able to picture everything really well. I love pirate stories and the folklore and history surrounding this one was so well done. And I thought the cultures were each captured really well.
Finally, the characters. We follow several different characters from each place and I found I enjoyed all of them and their arcs. I definitely had moments of liking some more than others at different points in the book.
Overall, a solid and fun read and I'm definitely going to pick up more by this author in the future.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Death, and Sexual content