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A review by kewlkat70
Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
A short book so a quick read. Dark and funny at times, if you like gallows humour.
Reminds me of The Black Company and the Bridge burners but with far more ugly characters.
Prince Jorg is the dark ambiguously moral protagonist I've been hoping for in these so called dark romances.
There is murder and basically annihilation of men, women children horses and innocents alike. There is rape and looting (although rape is alluded to not described). This is the kind of book that if you need to read the trigger warnings you probably shouldnt open this book. For those who feel real life can be brutal and inhumane already then it won't matter what fictional characters do in a fictionalized world
The story doesn't bog down in explanations and the world is built as we follow the anti-hero. This is how to show without telling. By the end of the book it is much more clear what sort of world the events take place in .
Reminds me of The Black Company and the Bridge burners but with far more ugly characters.
Prince Jorg is the dark ambiguously moral protagonist I've been hoping for in these so called dark romances.
There is murder and basically annihilation of men, women children horses and innocents alike. There is rape and looting (although rape is alluded to not described). This is the kind of book that if you need to read the trigger warnings you probably shouldnt open this book. For those who feel real life can be brutal and inhumane already then it won't matter what fictional characters do in a fictionalized world
The story doesn't bog down in explanations and the world is built as we follow the anti-hero. This is how to show without telling. By the end of the book it is much more clear what sort of world the events take place in .