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A review by vinjii
Godblind by Anna Stephens
4.0
I enjoyed the Godblind trilogy enough to read all three books, but quite a few things didn't work for me:
- There are too many POV for my liking, and the chapters were super short, and every time I finally felt like I understood a character, there was a switch. I don't think Stephens gave her characters enough pages to develop them.
- Very gory. Doesn't always bother me, and of course I know that this is a grimdark fantasy, but at times it felt as though the gore (and rape) was there just to hammer home the message, 'This is grimdark!'.
- It's filled with 18+ language and again it felt as though that served only one point: LOOK HOW GRIM THIS WORLD IS!
Godblind is, however, a page-turner. The plot is interesting, the pacing on point. Stephens' worldbuilding is imaginative, and I particularly enjoyed the Gods. If you're a grimdark fantasy fan, and you aren't bothered by the points I mentioned above, go for it. I think you'd like it!
- There are too many POV for my liking, and the chapters were super short, and every time I finally felt like I understood a character, there was a switch. I don't think Stephens gave her characters enough pages to develop them.
- Very gory. Doesn't always bother me, and of course I know that this is a grimdark fantasy, but at times it felt as though the gore (and rape) was there just to hammer home the message, 'This is grimdark!'.
- It's filled with 18+ language and again it felt as though that served only one point: LOOK HOW GRIM THIS WORLD IS!
Godblind is, however, a page-turner. The plot is interesting, the pacing on point. Stephens' worldbuilding is imaginative, and I particularly enjoyed the Gods. If you're a grimdark fantasy fan, and you aren't bothered by the points I mentioned above, go for it. I think you'd like it!