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Brothers of the Wild North Sea by Harper Fox
3.0
I am a bit disappointed, I expected something more. This story looked so great based on blurb and the cover, but I got stuck in it pretty quickly and at some point I wasn't even sure if I would finish it.
This book could use some editing. There were quite a few fragments that I thought were unnecessarily long. The entire beginning, even the first one third of this book, was far too long and too slow for me. I had lost interest and wasn't sure if I would continue. There were also quite a few fragments that I simply skipped. I thought it would be a story that I wouldn't be able to tear myself away from, but it turned out there were a lot of fragments that just dragged on for me.
Cai and Fen are three-dimensional characters with vibrant personalities. They are interesting and so characteristic that there is a good chance that I will remember them. A lot of space in the book was devoted to showing the dilemmas and doubts that torment Cai. We know a little less about Fen's feelings, but from his behavior, we can fairly easily deduce his transformation. They are very good main characters, and the book has given them more then enough space to grow.
Fen and Cai make a very good and interesting couple. You definitely feel that they are very important to each other and not only love each other very much, but can always count on one another. They work together really well. It is clear that together they create more than separately, and that they enhance each other's best qualities.
The plot is fine, but it's hard for me to pin down what its main point is. The author devotes as much space to the life of monks, the threat from the Vikings and the love of Fen and Cai. All topics are equally developed, on the one hand it's good if you like such solutions, but on the other hand sometimes it was a bit too much and nothing comes to the fore. Again, I think this book could use some editing.
But overall it's a nice book that stands out mostly with interesting characters and a good story idea.
This book could use some editing. There were quite a few fragments that I thought were unnecessarily long. The entire beginning, even the first one third of this book, was far too long and too slow for me. I had lost interest and wasn't sure if I would continue. There were also quite a few fragments that I simply skipped. I thought it would be a story that I wouldn't be able to tear myself away from, but it turned out there were a lot of fragments that just dragged on for me.
Cai and Fen are three-dimensional characters with vibrant personalities. They are interesting and so characteristic that there is a good chance that I will remember them. A lot of space in the book was devoted to showing the dilemmas and doubts that torment Cai. We know a little less about Fen's feelings, but from his behavior, we can fairly easily deduce his transformation. They are very good main characters, and the book has given them more then enough space to grow.
Fen and Cai make a very good and interesting couple. You definitely feel that they are very important to each other and not only love each other very much, but can always count on one another. They work together really well. It is clear that together they create more than separately, and that they enhance each other's best qualities.
The plot is fine, but it's hard for me to pin down what its main point is. The author devotes as much space to the life of monks, the threat from the Vikings and the love of Fen and Cai. All topics are equally developed, on the one hand it's good if you like such solutions, but on the other hand sometimes it was a bit too much and nothing comes to the fore. Again, I think this book could use some editing.
But overall it's a nice book that stands out mostly with interesting characters and a good story idea.