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A review by slowreaderpeter
The Fury of the Gods by John Gwynne
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.25
I’m not gonna lie, this book was a bear to get through. I really enjoyed the first two books of this series. I thought they started well, had interesting and different characters, and I loved the world and mythos that Gwynne was creating. But this book was just exhausting to read.
Right from the jump we were thrust into the action, and it didn’t let up for the entire first half of the book. Almost 250 pages of straight fight sequences, battles, and quick action to get us to other battles. It just never let up.
Additionally, outside of maybe one character, the character development kind of halted in this book. All of the various characters all became a bit same-y. At a certain point their depth all drifted away and they were all just looking for revenge and glory. And those things can only maintain interest for so long, especially if that’s every single character.
We did have a brief down spell to start the second half of the book where things slowed down, offered a little character work. This was easily the most enjoyable portion of the story for me, though I’ve seen reviews that had the opposite opinion. After that, it was right back to the first half of the book with constant action and repetitive language by Gwynne. All the fights blended together.
All-in-all, a solid and interesting first 2/3s of a trilogy that was really let down by its final installment.
Right from the jump we were thrust into the action, and it didn’t let up for the entire first half of the book. Almost 250 pages of straight fight sequences, battles, and quick action to get us to other battles. It just never let up.
Additionally, outside of maybe one character, the character development kind of halted in this book. All of the various characters all became a bit same-y. At a certain point their depth all drifted away and they were all just looking for revenge and glory. And those things can only maintain interest for so long, especially if that’s every single character.
We did have a brief down spell to start the second half of the book where things slowed down, offered a little character work. This was easily the most enjoyable portion of the story for me, though I’ve seen reviews that had the opposite opinion. After that, it was right back to the first half of the book with constant action and repetitive language by Gwynne. All the fights blended together.
All-in-all, a solid and interesting first 2/3s of a trilogy that was really let down by its final installment.