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A review by hellcatjennie
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Phew.
This one took me a fat minute to finish because the monotonous parts were miserably long. I also read several books in between. I loved the first book so much and had high hopes for the second. The only parts worth mentioning are their time with Phillipe which I wish so badly we had more time with him and their time in Prague was a tense yet exciting few chapters. Also, their relationship upgraded to PG-13, which is an upgrade for them in my opinion. I wish that the author would’ve had a better editor since there were parts that were not only repetitious but down right boring. Hopefully the third book is more promising, sometimes bigger books do not equate to being better. I’ve seen many people complain about the introduction of various characters that are later discarded in the book I felt like Harkness just wanted to flex her Elizabethan knowledge which, hey if you know it might as well put it somewhere while in Rome - or in this case 16th century England. All in all it kept my attention so I can’t say I loathed reading it in the slightest.
This one took me a fat minute to finish because the monotonous parts were miserably long. I also read several books in between. I loved the first book so much and had high hopes for the second. The only parts worth mentioning are their time with Phillipe which I wish so badly we had more time with him and their time in Prague was a tense yet exciting few chapters. Also, their relationship upgraded to PG-13, which is an upgrade for them in my opinion. I wish that the author would’ve had a better editor since there were parts that were not only repetitious but down right boring. Hopefully the third book is more promising, sometimes bigger books do not equate to being better. I’ve seen many people complain about the introduction of various characters that are later discarded in the book I felt like Harkness just wanted to flex her Elizabethan knowledge which, hey if you know it might as well put it somewhere while in Rome - or in this case 16th century England. All in all it kept my attention so I can’t say I loathed reading it in the slightest.