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simplyg 's review for:
The Grace of Kings
by Ken Liu
This is a book unlike any Ive read and I mean that as neither a good or bad thing. It takes place in a very different culture from my own and I found it very refreshing if confusing at points. It reminds me a lot of Indonesia.
The narrator is very far removed and the plot follows this same pattern throughout: Introduce character, info dump, event, next event in sequence, repeat. Its incredibly linear and many times I was disappointed it spent so little time on certain events. I would have preferred a more personal, closer look. This allows the plot to cover more time and events than many others cover in entire series. Again, Im not sure if this is bad or not, but it does mean it never leaves you bored. Don't care about whats going on here? Give it a page. We'll be on to something else.
The book did falter a little in the last quarter. The characters aren't as strong, the events a little less interesting, and its, if possible, even more summative, as if the author just wanted to be done.
All in all, it was good and surprisingly fast read, but Im not going to seek out its sequels.
The narrator is very far removed and the plot follows this same pattern throughout: Introduce character, info dump, event, next event in sequence, repeat. Its incredibly linear and many times I was disappointed it spent so little time on certain events. I would have preferred a more personal, closer look. This allows the plot to cover more time and events than many others cover in entire series. Again, Im not sure if this is bad or not, but it does mean it never leaves you bored. Don't care about whats going on here? Give it a page. We'll be on to something else.
The book did falter a little in the last quarter. The characters aren't as strong, the events a little less interesting, and its, if possible, even more summative, as if the author just wanted to be done.
All in all, it was good and surprisingly fast read, but Im not going to seek out its sequels.