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wise_old_fishie 's review for:
The Priory of the Orange Tree
by Samantha Shannon
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
ahhh its a pretty long read and got me slumpy a couple times but overall I quite liked it
there was so much world building which I absolutely loved, Shannon built such a cool world which was pretty complex and made it so much more interesting once you got into it.
I liked how there were characters scattered on different sides of the world and the story slowly brought them closer together, which was pretty satisfying and made the end a lot more interesting.
the way that this book was written honestly made me unsure of what was ultimately going to happen next (some twist were obviously quite foreseeable but I didn't know how the book would end lol)I actually wasn't sure if all the 'storytellers' (pov people) were gonna make it, especially niclays (not gonna lie I was really hoping he would die for like the whole second half of the book lol) and during the battle with the nameless one I wasn't even sure if tane and ead would both make it out 👀
the ending was pretty satisfying, though there were some ends that didn't quite seem to get tied off, for example Niclays' whole 'im not actually gonna murder sabran and now i'll try to be a good person' character change seemed so random and just left me with like a feeling that he's just lost his mind and I don't trust him lol. also the whole thing with loth's dad who last we saw him still thinks he's dead, and there was nothing mentioned to resolve that so that was a bit weird as well lol.
overall, pretty good book, and I'll be reading the prequels sometime soon!
there was so much world building which I absolutely loved, Shannon built such a cool world which was pretty complex and made it so much more interesting once you got into it.
I liked how there were characters scattered on different sides of the world and the story slowly brought them closer together, which was pretty satisfying and made the end a lot more interesting.
the way that this book was written honestly made me unsure of what was ultimately going to happen next (some twist were obviously quite foreseeable but I didn't know how the book would end lol)
the ending was pretty satisfying, though there were some ends that didn't quite seem to get tied off, for example Niclays' whole 'im not actually gonna murder sabran and now i'll try to be a good person' character change seemed so random and just left me with like a feeling that he's just lost his mind and I don't trust him lol. also the whole thing with loth's dad who last we saw him still thinks he's dead, and there was nothing mentioned to resolve that so that was a bit weird as well lol.
overall, pretty good book, and I'll be reading the prequels sometime soon!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Deportation
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Alcohol
a big fat book that dives into a lot of problems that exist in our world too, but though epic fantasy, its what's to be expected lol