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iriswilde 's review for:
The Shadow of the Gods
by John Gwynne
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A world I'm endlessly curious about. Full of sworn oaths and mysterious gods. I will definitely continue.
SPOILERS:
Orka is my favorite. Her mysterious past. Her love for her family. Her being able to push all those feelings of grief down to find her son is truly impressive.
Elvar was lukewarm. I wasn't impressed by her bc everything was about her daddy issues. Even strong and honorable, it's about proving herself bc she feels like a brood mare to her dad. I liked her POV bc those around her.. and tbh the betrayal at the end would be my villain orgin story. he fucked her EVERY NIGHT where everyone could hear just to betray her/them. tbh he may have started liking her and took advantage of a woman's attention. He did ask her to come with him even after all that. if she did by some miracle go, his crew would definitely treat her like garbage. (I couldn't help but think of the guide feeling pity for her...did she know?...)
I had no feelings about Varg until the chapter Skalk says he'll do the ritual for a favor. Mind you when he mentioned the ritual Skalk called him naive for thinking it could stay between them. I'm sure Skalk saw this as a good opportunity..the perfect desperate naive man to agree to an unknown debt called on at any time that he's required to fulfill as per the blood oath... I... can't stand this level of naivete. As a former slave who got tricked out of freedom, I'd think he'd have learned his lesson. Many may argue bc he chose right in the end, but he heavily considered it, and I believe only didn't bc Skalk was impatient and miscalculated his instincts when threatened.
SPOILERS:
Orka is my favorite. Her mysterious past. Her love for her family. Her being able to push all those feelings of grief down to find her son is truly impressive.
Elvar was lukewarm. I wasn't impressed by her bc everything was about her daddy issues. Even strong and honorable, it's about proving herself bc she feels like a brood mare to her dad. I liked her POV bc those around her.. and tbh the betrayal at the end would be my villain orgin story. he fucked her EVERY NIGHT where everyone could hear just to betray her/them. tbh he may have started liking her and took advantage of a woman's attention. He did ask her to come with him even after all that. if she did by some miracle go, his crew would definitely treat her like garbage. (I couldn't help but think of the guide feeling pity for her...did she know?...)
I had no feelings about Varg until the chapter Skalk says he'll do the ritual for a favor. Mind you when he mentioned the ritual Skalk called him naive for thinking it could stay between them. I'm sure Skalk saw this as a good opportunity..the perfect desperate naive man to agree to an unknown debt called on at any time that he's required to fulfill as per the blood oath... I... can't stand this level of naivete. As a former slave who got tricked out of freedom, I'd think he'd have learned his lesson. Many may argue bc he chose right in the end, but he heavily considered it, and I believe only didn't bc Skalk was impatient and miscalculated his instincts when threatened.