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A review by icarusabides
Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence
5.0
A marvelous follow up to Red Sister that expands really well upon the characters, world, and intrigue of the first book without overwhelming the reader.
Spending more time with fewer characters was a good idea and the likes of Kettle and Glass really benefit from this. Abbess Glass and her political plays in particular offered a really interesting and different perspective into a world populated by people who can do wondrous things but who perhaps spent too little time on how the world really works. In the words of Glass herself:
"However much strength is concentrated in a single Martial Sister, however far the reach of a Sister of Discretion, it is overreached by the strength and reach of the masses. You may be rocks but humanity is the tide and you only have to stand upon the sand to see how that contest concludes."
Just as with Glass, it was also great to glimpse the world through Kettle's eyes occasionally. Seeing how a true Grey Sister navigates the world and the threats it poses. Seeing her experience and patience at play in contrast to Nona's youth and rage was great.
The writing itself is eminently readable and rather addictive, so much so that I found myself tearing through this book in no time. I love Lawrence's prose for its ability to propel me through paragraph after paragraph.
I enjoyed this book immensely. It's well written with fantastic characters I just want to spend more time with and set in a world that I'm desperate to know more about. It's a great entry in a series that is right up there with my favourite on going series at the moment such as Josiah Bancroft's Tower of Babel, Redick's Master Assassins, Eames' Band sagas, and Sanderson's Stormlight.
Spending more time with fewer characters was a good idea and the likes of Kettle and Glass really benefit from this. Abbess Glass and her political plays in particular offered a really interesting and different perspective into a world populated by people who can do wondrous things but who perhaps spent too little time on how the world really works. In the words of Glass herself:
"However much strength is concentrated in a single Martial Sister, however far the reach of a Sister of Discretion, it is overreached by the strength and reach of the masses. You may be rocks but humanity is the tide and you only have to stand upon the sand to see how that contest concludes."
Just as with Glass, it was also great to glimpse the world through Kettle's eyes occasionally. Seeing how a true Grey Sister navigates the world and the threats it poses. Seeing her experience and patience at play in contrast to Nona's youth and rage was great.
The writing itself is eminently readable and rather addictive, so much so that I found myself tearing through this book in no time. I love Lawrence's prose for its ability to propel me through paragraph after paragraph.
I enjoyed this book immensely. It's well written with fantastic characters I just want to spend more time with and set in a world that I'm desperate to know more about. It's a great entry in a series that is right up there with my favourite on going series at the moment such as Josiah Bancroft's Tower of Babel, Redick's Master Assassins, Eames' Band sagas, and Sanderson's Stormlight.