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Stormdancer
by Jay Kristoff
Technically rating this 2.5 out of 5 stars. Rounded to 3 because there's no half stars on here.
This book was recommended to me a long time ago nearing the time of it's release. I read the synopsis and thought, "Great! This book sounds like it's right up my alley!" I was so excited to read it. I bought it and never got around to reading it until now. So my excitement has dissipated along with my high expectations for this book. The book was really slow in the beginning. Mostly because there were pages and pages and pages of descriptions of silly things that I didn't need to know about. Usually, I don't notice things like that, but I did this time because the book was THAT descriptive. At times they felt like filler pages.
Things don't start to get interesting until Yukiko, our main character, finds the Griffin. His name is Buruu. He had some comical moments. The way his relationship with Yukiko developed so quickly was a bit puzzling yet interesting.
There is a bit of a romance...well...I shouldn't even call it a romance. It's more of a fling. There's a fling between Yukiko and a Samurai that made me roll my eyes every now and again. I found it hard to deem the relationship genuine.
Also, the attempt at including Japanese terms in the book was...eh... I liked it, but at the same I didn't because I didn't understand what the Japanese terms meant. There's a glossary in the back of the book with definitions, but I felt like it interrupted my reading too much with going back and forth between chapter and glossary since I'd quickly forget what the Japanese term meant.
The ending was really good and I quite enjoyed it. I don't think this book/series is for me though, but maybe people who like their books to be very descriptive might like this read. I was gifted the second book by the same person who recommended this one, so we'll see if I like the second one better.
I just feel like this book didn't do a very good job of pulling me into the world and the story.
This book was recommended to me a long time ago nearing the time of it's release. I read the synopsis and thought, "Great! This book sounds like it's right up my alley!" I was so excited to read it. I bought it and never got around to reading it until now. So my excitement has dissipated along with my high expectations for this book. The book was really slow in the beginning. Mostly because there were pages and pages and pages of descriptions of silly things that I didn't need to know about. Usually, I don't notice things like that, but I did this time because the book was THAT descriptive. At times they felt like filler pages.
Things don't start to get interesting until Yukiko, our main character, finds the Griffin. His name is Buruu. He had some comical moments. The way his relationship with Yukiko developed so quickly was a bit puzzling yet interesting.
There is a bit of a romance...well...I shouldn't even call it a romance. It's more of a fling. There's a fling between Yukiko and a Samurai that made me roll my eyes every now and again. I found it hard to deem the relationship genuine.
Also, the attempt at including Japanese terms in the book was...eh... I liked it, but at the same I didn't because I didn't understand what the Japanese terms meant. There's a glossary in the back of the book with definitions, but I felt like it interrupted my reading too much with going back and forth between chapter and glossary since I'd quickly forget what the Japanese term meant.
The ending was really good and I quite enjoyed it. I don't think this book/series is for me though, but maybe people who like their books to be very descriptive might like this read. I was gifted the second book by the same person who recommended this one, so we'll see if I like the second one better.
I just feel like this book didn't do a very good job of pulling me into the world and the story.