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capn_beardy 's review for:
Priest
by Matthew Colville
Priest is a unique fantasy novel. I was really taken by surprise many times during this book. There’s plenty of familiar fantasy ideas all over but it was presented in a way I’ve never really seen before. It was like a high fantasy murder mystery with a conspiracy plot.
The protag is complicated, and his back story unfolds bit by bit. I mostly liked him though he does get a tad too morose here and there, especially towards the end.
So many intriguing characters dotted all over. The mystery of what everyone is hiding is what drives the majority of the story. It’s peppered here and there with some really nice fights and one amazingly OP weapon that was badass but definitely could have solved way more problems than it does. There’s some nice interwoven world building that tells you just enough to understand the basics but keeps you yearning for even more. It’s a world I look forward to visiting again in the sequel.
What holds this back from being truly great though is the constantly twisty interrogation scenes which definitely think they’re more interesting and meaningful than they are. This book was really humming along for the first half then the interviews with the Green Order knights began and after awhile it felt kinda endless. And not much is learned. Heden is just more and more frustrated and honestly so was I reading it after a while. The dialogue was going in circles and we keep being told that Heden should have already figured this all out already.
I really liked this though, and will definitely check out the next installment.
The protag is complicated, and his back story unfolds bit by bit. I mostly liked him though he does get a tad too morose here and there, especially towards the end.
So many intriguing characters dotted all over. The mystery of what everyone is hiding is what drives the majority of the story. It’s peppered here and there with some really nice fights and one amazingly OP weapon that was badass but definitely could have solved way more problems than it does. There’s some nice interwoven world building that tells you just enough to understand the basics but keeps you yearning for even more. It’s a world I look forward to visiting again in the sequel.
What holds this back from being truly great though is the constantly twisty interrogation scenes which definitely think they’re more interesting and meaningful than they are. This book was really humming along for the first half then the interviews with the Green Order knights began and after awhile it felt kinda endless. And not much is learned. Heden is just more and more frustrated and honestly so was I reading it after a while. The dialogue was going in circles and we keep being told that Heden should have already figured this all out already.
I really liked this though, and will definitely check out the next installment.