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A review by marylinaris
Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
While there are several things I didn't like about this book, I did overall enjoy my reading experience of this book.
Let's start with the negatives.
• This book had way too many POVs, especially when it came the main group had found themselves together. That was also the point I felt as if there were too many characters present - I mean, I was intrigued by Andry in the beginning but it felt like he didn't really get that much attention in the later part of the book, similar with Corayne, who is just kinda present for parts of the book.
• So much book, so little plot. While I feel like the plot picked up in the last third of the book the rest had a lot of chapters with little plot development. This only irks me a little though because I did enjoy the character focused storytelling, though I hoped for more to happen overall.
• The action scenes fell flat for me most of the time. In contrast to the rest of the book, a lot happened in a lot less pages and they felt confused about what was happening (no matter who was the POV character, which is probably my main problem with it).
The positives on the other hand:
• The world building felt like a familiar fantasy setting but unique enough not to come off as a bland copy.
• I really like all of the characters - except Taristan, who only got slightly intriguing in the last chapter. Out of all of them Dom is the most compelling character by far, though. I love him. Would die for him. 10/10 would read the next book just for him.
Let's start with the negatives.
• This book had way too many POVs, especially when it came the main group had found themselves together. That was also the point I felt as if there were too many characters present - I mean, I was intrigued by Andry in the beginning but it felt like he didn't really get that much attention in the later part of the book, similar with Corayne, who is just kinda present for parts of the book.
• So much book, so little plot. While I feel like the plot picked up in the last third of the book the rest had a lot of chapters with little plot development. This only irks me a little though because I did enjoy the character focused storytelling, though I hoped for more to happen overall.
• The action scenes fell flat for me most of the time. In contrast to the rest of the book, a lot happened in a lot less pages and they felt confused about what was happening (no matter who was the POV character, which is probably my main problem with it).
The positives on the other hand:
• The world building felt like a familiar fantasy setting but unique enough not to come off as a bland copy.
• I really like all of the characters - except Taristan, who only got slightly intriguing in the last chapter. Out of all of them Dom is the most compelling character by far, though. I love him. Would die for him. 10/10 would read the next book just for him.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence
Minor: War, Grief, Death of parent, and Confinement