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the_midwest_library 's review for:
The Iron Crown
by L.L. MacRae
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Alright, so the good: the premise, the overall magic in the world and the plot and pacing is all pretty solid. The book flies by for being 500+ pages.
The bad: the characters were VERY flat for me, they were so one dimensional and spent the entire book just TELLING/THINKING about what was going on and not DOING things. Which leads to the second issue, that this book is all tell and no show to the point that legitimately I think 80% of the plot is told to us in the first 200 pages and I barely learned anything new in the back half I couldn't easily guess.
Here's the thing, while this isn't super strong the ideas are there and I did enjoy the writing. I would continue with this series to see if book 2 improved upon this one!
The bad: the characters were VERY flat for me, they were so one dimensional and spent the entire book just TELLING/THINKING about what was going on and not DOING things. Which leads to the second issue, that this book is all tell and no show to the point that legitimately I think 80% of the plot is told to us in the first 200 pages and I barely learned anything new in the back half I couldn't easily guess.
Here's the thing, while this isn't super strong the ideas are there and I did enjoy the writing. I would continue with this series to see if book 2 improved upon this one!