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A review by miss_merna
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
4.0
If you’ve read Melina Marchetta's contemporary books first, then you might familiarise with being cautious to pick up a Marchetta book that is fantasy. Melina’s speciality is rooted in contemporary, and any other genre seems to be destined for disaster in my eyes. But Melina did far better than I could have imagined.
Quick summary of the good & bad aspects of Finnkin Of The Rock.
Good:
-Finnikin sounds like a male. (Female authors can go overboard with male narration. One only needs to read shiver to understand what I mean.)
-The characters have distinct personalities that set them apart (no cardboard cut-out characters!)
-The first & second section of the story was fast-paced and thrilling.
-The world Melina has built is very vivid and easy to picture.
Bad:
-Melina makes us aware of the politics in the land, but never goes far into detail on why everyone in the land seems to have a conflict with their neighbouring country.
-At times the character would expose something but then it’s simply forgotten, for instance Trevanion mentions Evanjalin has his mother’s name and then the chapters ends. It’s never discussed again.
-The romance seemed to leap into the territory of “not believable” every once in a while.
-The third section of the story was, to stay the least, disappointing and anti-climactic.
The good still outweighs the bad. Overall, what I specifically loved about Finnikin Of The Rock is the book’s portrayal of refugee’s difficulties and the loss of their homeland.
I would definitely recommend it for fantasy lovers.
Quick summary of the good & bad aspects of Finnkin Of The Rock.
Good:
-Finnikin sounds like a male. (Female authors can go overboard with male narration. One only needs to read shiver to understand what I mean.)
-The characters have distinct personalities that set them apart (no cardboard cut-out characters!)
-The first & second section of the story was fast-paced and thrilling.
-The world Melina has built is very vivid and easy to picture.
Bad:
-Melina makes us aware of the politics in the land, but never goes far into detail on why everyone in the land seems to have a conflict with their neighbouring country.
-At times the character would expose something but then it’s simply forgotten, for instance Trevanion mentions Evanjalin has his mother’s name and then the chapters ends. It’s never discussed again.
-The romance seemed to leap into the territory of “not believable” every once in a while.
-The third section of the story was, to stay the least, disappointing and anti-climactic.
The good still outweighs the bad. Overall, what I specifically loved about Finnikin Of The Rock is the book’s portrayal of refugee’s difficulties and the loss of their homeland.
I would definitely recommend it for fantasy lovers.