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A review by soryualan
The Sword Defiant by Gareth Hanrahan
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
At first glance it seems like the typical high fantasy story with elves and the wizards and the knights and the dwarfs and the dragons and the monsters and all of the other tropes you find in this kind of stories. However what made this book interesting to me was that the story is not about how the great heroes of this world went from being regular people to become legends. The story is about what happens when the heroes fulfill their mission, after peace is restored and they are free to continue with their lives. The result is a very heart warming story filled with longing and nostalgia that also has all the action, the magic and the adventure one would expect from a book of this genre.
It took me a little while to get into the rhythm of the story. It has a lot of internal monologue of the main characters reflecting on their lives, which makes the story flow really slowly. However, I thought it was interesting to see the characters struggling to find a new purpose for their lives after achieving greatness. It's an interesting approach to the genre.
It took me a little while to get into the rhythm of the story. It has a lot of internal monologue of the main characters reflecting on their lives, which makes the story flow really slowly. However, I thought it was interesting to see the characters struggling to find a new purpose for their lives after achieving greatness. It's an interesting approach to the genre.