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A review by g_na
The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett
3.0
Book three in a series of five, and so far it's my least favourite despite the first book being a five-star fave.
My laundry list of complaints:
The Demon Cycle books are written from the point of view of different characters. Here, the first chunk of the book is spent introducing a new point of view and extensive flashbacks from a previous character, Inevera. Why wasn't this done in the last book, when Inevera was introduced to us? And why did that introduction have to be so long?
Speaking of long, there were so many descriptions of fighting with demons that I started glossing over them; after the first handful of battle descriptions they all start to sound the same and, honestly, I got bored with them.
Arlen was such a powerful character in the first book, but here he's become one-dimensional and his relationship with Renna escalated and intensified very quickly without much explanation other than Arlen saw inside the demon's mind. I really wish Brett had spent more time developing their relationship and describing the emotional process that changed Arlen.
Many of the Krasian characters have similar names starting with an "A", and many of those people are related. I couldn't keep track of who was whose son/nephew/brother/whatever, and honestly, it doesn't really make a difference in the story.
As much of a fan as I am of fantasy I know there is a certain amount of suspension of disbelief that has to happen to enjoy the genre, and I am okay with that. But there's also a tipping point where there's just so many outrageous things happening that suspension becomes difficult, and this book seems to have reached that point with me.
Okay, despite the above list I am still interested in the story and want to finish reading the series. I do hope the future books are better reads than this because I'd like to really enjoy reading them.
My laundry list of complaints:
The Demon Cycle books are written from the point of view of different characters. Here, the first chunk of the book is spent introducing a new point of view and extensive flashbacks from a previous character, Inevera. Why wasn't this done in the last book, when Inevera was introduced to us? And why did that introduction have to be so long?
Speaking of long, there were so many descriptions of fighting with demons that I started glossing over them; after the first handful of battle descriptions they all start to sound the same and, honestly, I got bored with them.
Arlen was such a powerful character in the first book, but here he's become one-dimensional and his relationship with Renna escalated and intensified very quickly without much explanation other than Arlen saw inside the demon's mind. I really wish Brett had spent more time developing their relationship and describing the emotional process that changed Arlen.
Many of the Krasian characters have similar names starting with an "A", and many of those people are related. I couldn't keep track of who was whose son/nephew/brother/whatever, and honestly, it doesn't really make a difference in the story.
As much of a fan as I am of fantasy I know there is a certain amount of suspension of disbelief that has to happen to enjoy the genre, and I am okay with that. But there's also a tipping point where there's just so many outrageous things happening that suspension becomes difficult, and this book seems to have reached that point with me.
Okay, despite the above list I am still interested in the story and want to finish reading the series. I do hope the future books are better reads than this because I'd like to really enjoy reading them.