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A review by dragontomes2000
A Drowned Kingdom by P.L. Stuart
2.0
I have been sitting on this review for like a full day now. A Drowned Kingdom is a book I struggled with at the very beginning. I did start this book and put it down after the first 50 pages but decided to give it another go. Was it still a struggle, very much so, but by the end my interest is piqued. For how long, we shall see.
A Drowned Kingdom is split into three parts and part one is nothing but world building and the main character describing his past. It is like 128 pages with little dialogue. I am almost certain it is like 10 pages of dialogue, the rest is pretty much inferred that it happened. It is very jarring and makes part one really hard to get through. But then you come to Parts two and three and it is almost as if the book was written by a different author. The story starts to develop and the pace is much quicker although not a lot really happens. I have seen places that this will be a seven book series so there is still a lot of story to be told.
The last thing I will talk about really briefly is that what saved this book, is the world building because it is really fascinating. It is very religious focused (which I myself am not religious so that was hard for me but didn't hinder me in anyway). It is also very rich and there is much potential. What really hindered this book, besides the pacing, was the main character of Othrun and the characters in general. Othrun is only memorable because being inside his head and his head only is hard. He is a man stuck in his ways and his way is just not hitting it. He is quite insufferable and I want the other characters to shake some sense into him.
I am intrigued enough to see how the story develops in book two. I enjoyed what was transpiring in parts two and three, I hope the author continues in that style rather then what he did in part one. I don't know if this review is going to help people or deter people. Honestly, this book seems like one you just have to read for yourself.
A Drowned Kingdom is split into three parts and part one is nothing but world building and the main character describing his past. It is like 128 pages with little dialogue. I am almost certain it is like 10 pages of dialogue, the rest is pretty much inferred that it happened. It is very jarring and makes part one really hard to get through. But then you come to Parts two and three and it is almost as if the book was written by a different author. The story starts to develop and the pace is much quicker although not a lot really happens. I have seen places that this will be a seven book series so there is still a lot of story to be told.
The last thing I will talk about really briefly is that what saved this book, is the world building because it is really fascinating. It is very religious focused (which I myself am not religious so that was hard for me but didn't hinder me in anyway). It is also very rich and there is much potential. What really hindered this book, besides the pacing, was the main character of Othrun and the characters in general. Othrun is only memorable because being inside his head and his head only is hard. He is a man stuck in his ways and his way is just not hitting it. He is quite insufferable and I want the other characters to shake some sense into him.
I am intrigued enough to see how the story develops in book two. I enjoyed what was transpiring in parts two and three, I hope the author continues in that style rather then what he did in part one. I don't know if this review is going to help people or deter people. Honestly, this book seems like one you just have to read for yourself.