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Spells for the Dead by Faith Hunter
2.0
Surprised that this book, Spells for the Dead was just ok for me, not quite sure what happened with this one. I feel it could've done with another pass at editing maybe, there was a lot of repetitive phrases/words and also a lot of icky-ness; melting, rotting corpses and gross descriptions over and over again and usually that doesn't bother me as I'm not squeamish with books or movies etc... I think it may just have been the absolute repetition of it with ALL the various characters decaying... This book is really kind of a mess. Pun intended.
Nell is still a great character, she feels like a real person trying to manage the trauma she's suffered, the dysfunction in her childhood/home and dealing with not truly knowing herself with the added bonus of being something supernatural that's a mystery to her. I liked how in this book she found out more about herself, that was the best part.
Occam has become so over the top in this one now I think and I was wishing they would break up and give Nell a chance to know herself on her own or that maybe she would get with Firewind but most people seem to absolutely love Nell/Occam together so maybe that's just me?
Also can we have a book with T'Laine (Spelling?, listened on Audible) as the main character please.
Also it has been bugging me throughout the series that Nell is so stilted/reserved in her close relationships and goes totally over the top in her professional ones, pretty sure that it wouldn't be tolerated to talk to a superior like she does, it's not just standing up for herself, its awkward and embarrassing and kind of like throwing a tantrum. It works well with Jane, not with Nell who is a junior officer in a team and I realize its a fictional team made up of 'supes' that have to have a certain amount of leeway given but she's done it to Rick and Firewind too now and it just strains at times.
Overall I love this world, the characters and the magical systems. I wish Nell's "green Knight"/Vampire Tree wasn't so convoluted and she spent more time developing/learning her powers and about herself instead of throwing herself face-first into everything and seeing what happens and then having to get saved repeatedly because she has no real knowledge of what she is doing and that hasn't really developed that much. Just my thoughts on it.
Nell is still a great character, she feels like a real person trying to manage the trauma she's suffered, the dysfunction in her childhood/home and dealing with not truly knowing herself with the added bonus of being something supernatural that's a mystery to her. I liked how in this book she found out more about herself, that was the best part.
Occam has become so over the top in this one now I think and I was wishing they would break up and give Nell a chance to know herself on her own or that maybe she would get with Firewind but most people seem to absolutely love Nell/Occam together so maybe that's just me?
Also can we have a book with T'Laine (Spelling?, listened on Audible) as the main character please.
Also it has been bugging me throughout the series that Nell is so stilted/reserved in her close relationships and goes totally over the top in her professional ones, pretty sure that it wouldn't be tolerated to talk to a superior like she does, it's not just standing up for herself, its awkward and embarrassing and kind of like throwing a tantrum. It works well with Jane, not with Nell who is a junior officer in a team and I realize its a fictional team made up of 'supes' that have to have a certain amount of leeway given but she's done it to Rick and Firewind too now and it just strains at times.
Overall I love this world, the characters and the magical systems. I wish Nell's "green Knight"/Vampire Tree wasn't so convoluted and she spent more time developing/learning her powers and about herself instead of throwing herself face-first into everything and seeing what happens and then having to get saved repeatedly because she has no real knowledge of what she is doing and that hasn't really developed that much. Just my thoughts on it.