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A review by bibliorama
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Enjoyment - 3.5
Start - 4
The first 100 pages are great and feel so much more fleshed out than the rest of the plot.
Characters - 3.5
Aerin, Talat, and Maur are the best parts. Tor and Arlbeth are decent background characters. The parts with Luthe just felt out of the blue.
Atmosphere - 3.5
Plot - 3
The initial fight with Maur and all the build-up to that was my favorite part, so basically the first 100 pages.
Ending - 3
This book has like 5 plot points that would be endings in other books, and 4 of them all happen in the second half of the book. It's wild how fast some of the stuff gets wrapped up.
Style - 2.5
I didn't like the writing in this as much as I did in The Blue Sword. Some sentences felt messier and I had to reread a few times to understand what the author was getting at.
Overall - 3.25
Start - 4
The first 100 pages are great and feel so much more fleshed out than the rest of the plot.
Characters - 3.5
Aerin, Talat, and Maur are the best parts. Tor and Arlbeth are decent background characters. The parts with Luthe just felt out of the blue.
Atmosphere - 3.5
Plot - 3
The initial fight with Maur and all the build-up to that was my favorite part, so basically the first 100 pages.
Ending - 3
This book has like 5 plot points that would be endings in other books, and 4 of them all happen in the second half of the book. It's wild how fast some of the stuff gets wrapped up.
Style - 2.5
I didn't like the writing in this as much as I did in The Blue Sword. Some sentences felt messier and I had to reread a few times to understand what the author was getting at.
Overall - 3.25