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nellw 's review for:
The Rage of Dragons
by Evan Winter
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
So it took me years to finish this book, through no fault of the book's own. Hear me out! I've struggled with reading a long time now, but this was the book I had started when I last fell out of the habit and every time I tried to get back in, I'd start from the beginning.
Even though I've said the book's pace is fast, it takes a little while to get going, and those first several chapters I read over and over at various times.
But! Once the protagonist hits the event that causes him to start driving the plot rather than things simply happening to him? Then the story really starts to soar, and after years of struggling to get into it, all I had to do was get far enough to get hooked.
I promised myself I would read at least one chapter a day to help get back into a reading habit, but once I hit that one moment, I found myself reading more and more each night, struggling to put it down when why not read just one more chapter?
I really came to love Tau and the journey he takes. Though he's definitely not lovable in a standard sense, he's exactly the kind of determined guy whose story I want to hear. This is not a cozy story, far from it, but it's got high adventure, high stakes, fascinating world building, all of which is great but wouldn't have been enough for me without Tau pulling it all together. At the end, I do want to know where he goes from here, and I'll have to check it out when I get the chance.
Even though I've said the book's pace is fast, it takes a little while to get going, and those first several chapters I read over and over at various times.
But! Once the protagonist hits the event that causes him to start driving the plot rather than things simply happening to him? Then the story really starts to soar, and after years of struggling to get into it, all I had to do was get far enough to get hooked.
I promised myself I would read at least one chapter a day to help get back into a reading habit, but once I hit that one moment, I found myself reading more and more each night, struggling to put it down when why not read just one more chapter?
I really came to love Tau and the journey he takes. Though he's definitely not lovable in a standard sense, he's exactly the kind of determined guy whose story I want to hear. This is not a cozy story, far from it, but it's got high adventure, high stakes, fascinating world building, all of which is great but wouldn't have been enough for me without Tau pulling it all together. At the end, I do want to know where he goes from here, and I'll have to check it out when I get the chance.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Minor: Sexual content
It's what it says on the tin, so no one should be surprised.