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_solaris 's review for:
The Priory of the Orange Tree
by Samantha Shannon
It's over. I can't quite believe it.
First of all, 10/10 on the world building. It reminds of LOTR, to be honest. Except with more humans and dragons. God, how amazingly she made up the different cultures and religious beliefs for the 4 different regions. It felt a bit confusing at first because it was like learning geography haha. I had to study the maps a bit (but I loved it) to really have a feel of all the journeying they did.
I know Ead was basically the MC even though there were several POVs but I wish Tané and Seiiki were explored a bit more because - dragons! I'd have thought that being a Miduchi would be explored further - how they protect Seiiki and its seas and things. Kinda sad the dragon scenes were so little (I mean, for a book supposedly about dragons... so I was a little disappointed)
Btw I hated Roos. I couldn't even see the point of him in the story. He honestly does nothing but betray everyone (while somehow justifying it to himself) and I /do not/ understand why Shannon was so desperate to give him this redemption arc.
Add this to a slew of characters that aren't really interesting - and they die, too, but you don't really care. Also, for Loth, I'm sorry, but I honestly don't care about him. He's such a non-character I'm surprised he took up lots of chapters.
First of all, 10/10 on the world building. It reminds of LOTR, to be honest. Except with more humans and dragons. God, how amazingly she made up the different cultures and religious beliefs for the 4 different regions. It felt a bit confusing at first because it was like learning geography haha. I had to study the maps a bit (but I loved it) to really have a feel of all the journeying they did.
I know Ead was basically the MC even though there were several POVs but I wish Tané and Seiiki were explored a bit more because - dragons! I'd have thought that being a Miduchi would be explored further - how they protect Seiiki and its seas and things. Kinda sad the dragon scenes were so little (I mean, for a book supposedly about dragons... so I was a little disappointed)
Btw I hated Roos. I couldn't even see the point of him in the story. He honestly does nothing but betray everyone (while somehow justifying it to himself) and I /do not/ understand why Shannon was so desperate to give him this redemption arc.
Add this to a slew of characters that aren't really interesting - and they die, too, but you don't really care. Also, for Loth, I'm sorry, but I honestly don't care about him. He's such a non-character I'm surprised he took up lots of chapters.