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A review by bibliophilicjester
Fate of the Fallen by Kel Kade
funny
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
2.5
*looks around nervously*
i wasn't sure how to rate this, so i put it through cawpile (which i use for situations like this haha) and it came out at 2.5...which makes sense for a book i feel kind of in the middle about.
the thing with audiobooks for me sometimes...i'm not sure whether i love/hate the book or the narrator. at some point about 160 pages in, i realized maybe i just like nick podehl. i think i had the same experience with name of the wind *looks around again, a bit more nervously* where i was wondering if i liked the writing or the interpretation of the writing. podehl is a bit over the top sometimes, which i think makes books like fate of the fallen EXTRA fun. because this WAS a fun read! i enjoyed dolt's antics in particular lol although the accent/attitude he gave what's her face the fledgling mage (teza..?) was perfect. the marquess voice was also particularly entertaining!
i did immediately like aaslo bc i tend to like grumpy, broody characters in general. and i think the entire cast of side characters/comic relief balanced him out. if i hadn't been listening to the audio, i don't know if i would've remembered who was who...aside from aaslo, teza(??), or myropa(?). when all the characters have sarcastic banter and witty comebacks, they all blend together. and i've said since i read six of crows a million years ago *more nervous looking around* ... witty banter can't carry an entire book for me. it's fun, but i need more.
the problem was me, though. i think. this book DID have more. there were things i love, like prophecy and meddling gods (seriously two of my favorite things to see in books) but i just didn't care for whatever reason. i'm suspicious of all the gods, but i also don't really care. and it bothers me that i can't figure out WHY i didn't care.
am i interested enough to continue? yes and no. i don't enjoy when a cliffhanger feels gimmicky. this one felt like "ummmmmm okay that's a good place to end this book. it's over!" and that was it. i prefer a solid setup with little reveals along the way, to something like a huge cliffhanger reveal on the last page. it feels abrupt. it feels manipulative, like you HAVE to read the next book to get answers, instead of building a story, a world, a cast of characters that i feel i NEED to return to. idk if that makes sense.
the last deciding factor for if i'll continue is a spoiler, so i'll put it under a tag.........
for me, there's a very fine line between necromancers (interesting) and zombies (hate them - gross and boring). i'm not even sure how i felt about the snarky talking head that may or may not have been mathias - the character OR the potential for what was going on. was it supposed to be foreshadowing? hinting at aaslo somehow already having powers? or is he really just imagining the voice in his head? which then brings up issues of questionable representation. but i digress.
the audio isn't available for me on scribd for a month, so i'll reevaluate then. although, it's supposed to be a trilogy and if the first book is anything to go by, i don't think any answers will happen until the end of the third book. so. we'll see!
i wasn't sure how to rate this, so i put it through cawpile (which i use for situations like this haha) and it came out at 2.5...which makes sense for a book i feel kind of in the middle about.
the thing with audiobooks for me sometimes...i'm not sure whether i love/hate the book or the narrator. at some point about 160 pages in, i realized maybe i just like nick podehl. i think i had the same experience with name of the wind *looks around again, a bit more nervously* where i was wondering if i liked the writing or the interpretation of the writing. podehl is a bit over the top sometimes, which i think makes books like fate of the fallen EXTRA fun. because this WAS a fun read! i enjoyed dolt's antics in particular lol although the accent/attitude he gave what's her face the fledgling mage (teza..?) was perfect. the marquess voice was also particularly entertaining!
i did immediately like aaslo bc i tend to like grumpy, broody characters in general. and i think the entire cast of side characters/comic relief balanced him out. if i hadn't been listening to the audio, i don't know if i would've remembered who was who...aside from aaslo, teza(??), or myropa(?). when all the characters have sarcastic banter and witty comebacks, they all blend together. and i've said since i read six of crows a million years ago *more nervous looking around* ... witty banter can't carry an entire book for me. it's fun, but i need more.
the problem was me, though. i think. this book DID have more. there were things i love, like prophecy and meddling gods (seriously two of my favorite things to see in books) but i just didn't care for whatever reason. i'm suspicious of all the gods, but i also don't really care. and it bothers me that i can't figure out WHY i didn't care.
am i interested enough to continue? yes and no. i don't enjoy when a cliffhanger feels gimmicky. this one felt like "ummmmmm okay that's a good place to end this book. it's over!" and that was it. i prefer a solid setup with little reveals along the way, to something like a huge cliffhanger reveal on the last page. it feels abrupt. it feels manipulative, like you HAVE to read the next book to get answers, instead of building a story, a world, a cast of characters that i feel i NEED to return to. idk if that makes sense.
the last deciding factor for if i'll continue is a spoiler, so i'll put it under a tag.........
the audio isn't available for me on scribd for a month, so i'll reevaluate then. although, it's supposed to be a trilogy and if the first book is anything to go by, i don't think any answers will happen until the end of the third book. so. we'll see!