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soffi_ramirez's Reviews (186)
4.5/5 super good! I loved the world, the characters and I'm really excited to read the next books!
After reading The Last Wish and then The Sword of Destiny, this book feels like it started hard and went on completely.
The setting is completely ready in a very satisfying way by the first two books, but is smart enough to still have a lot of things to wonder so it feels wider and full of things to discover, which makes it so interesting. After short stories, this feel good to start because we've seen glimpses of the life of our protagonists and is like "my body is ready" for the novel.
I really like Sapkowski's writing and here it can shine better than in the short stories. Geralt, Ciri and Yennefer are endearing characters, but still flawed so they're humans, independent of what kind of human they can be. I love the parts with training! Those are my favourite parts and I'm so eager to keep on discovering how things progress, what new dangers come and what is going to happen to our MC (and Jaskier, of course).
The setting is completely ready in a very satisfying way by the first two books, but is smart enough to still have a lot of things to wonder so it feels wider and full of things to discover, which makes it so interesting. After short stories, this feel good to start because we've seen glimpses of the life of our protagonists and is like "my body is ready" for the novel.
I really like Sapkowski's writing and here it can shine better than in the short stories. Geralt, Ciri and Yennefer are endearing characters, but still flawed so they're humans, independent of what kind of human they can be. I love the parts with training! Those are my favourite parts and I'm so eager to keep on discovering how things progress, what new dangers come and what is going to happen to our MC (and Jaskier, of course).
I didn't knew what to expect after the Half-Bad trilogy, but I gotta say I'm pleased with this book.
The beginning is kind of hard to pass; since you have 5 different PoV's, it is hard to feel engaged with any of them; it take a while to see where everyone's paths are going to start to intertwine, so I was like "meh" for a while. However, suddenly I was caring for this characters and I was curious about this world, so I kept reading.
There are flaws in here, yes. But there's also a beginning for something really promising and some of the PoV's were so so good; for me, the best one was Catherine. I loved the political plot that was all over her story. I would skip some chapter from the other characters when they were too far away from her story, because I was really invested on what was going to happen with her and her plot. The only glaring flaw in my opinion is her thing with Ambrose. It felt such a shallow crush and sometimes she'd ramble too much about it... if later it's shown as someones first love, and therefore, as awkward and intense and those tend to be (very childish, which doesn't take out validity though), my opinion on it may change, but I really dreaded when those parts came. However, her growth as a female character was like "yeah girl, you go!".
The other characters were okay, some better than the others, and I liked the cliffhanger that taunts for the second book. I'm still interested enough to keep reading, so when I have the next one, I'll leave my review.
The beginning is kind of hard to pass; since you have 5 different PoV's, it is hard to feel engaged with any of them; it take a while to see where everyone's paths are going to start to intertwine, so I was like "meh" for a while. However, suddenly I was caring for this characters and I was curious about this world, so I kept reading.
There are flaws in here, yes. But there's also a beginning for something really promising and some of the PoV's were so so good; for me, the best one was Catherine. I loved the political plot that was all over her story. I would skip some chapter from the other characters when they were too far away from her story, because I was really invested on what was going to happen with her and her plot. The only glaring flaw in my opinion is her thing with Ambrose. It felt such a shallow crush and sometimes she'd ramble too much about it... if later it's shown as someones first love, and therefore, as awkward and intense and those tend to be (very childish, which doesn't take out validity though), my opinion on it may change, but I really dreaded when those parts came. However, her growth as a female character was like "yeah girl, you go!".
The other characters were okay, some better than the others, and I liked the cliffhanger that taunts for the second book. I'm still interested enough to keep reading, so when I have the next one, I'll leave my review.
I came to this book expecting one thing and then was slapped into another good thing.
I think, as many people, I expected something like the HBO show. However, this book is totally not like that, so if you expect a kind of journalistic narrative about the accident itself, this is not your book. But I think this should be everyone's book, since it explores the lives of the people involved it after the accident and how it affected in ways we couldn't even start to imagine.
I loved the author's prose and how respectful it felt for the people she interviewed. I feel it gave me a gentle insight about them and it made me look the accident not only in a scientific way (I'm a chemist, so I've always been interested in this accident for scientific purposes) but in a more human way.
Thanks for this beautiful book. Your voices has been heard.
I think, as many people, I expected something like the HBO show. However, this book is totally not like that, so if you expect a kind of journalistic narrative about the accident itself, this is not your book. But I think this should be everyone's book, since it explores the lives of the people involved it after the accident and how it affected in ways we couldn't even start to imagine.
I loved the author's prose and how respectful it felt for the people she interviewed. I feel it gave me a gentle insight about them and it made me look the accident not only in a scientific way (I'm a chemist, so I've always been interested in this accident for scientific purposes) but in a more human way.
Thanks for this beautiful book. Your voices has been heard.
2.75/5 for me.
I really liked this trilogy. I think is hard to end a story, even more one that you've been writing for three books. I have to admit that I loved 2/3 of this book, even though sometimes it felt a little slow, and the last part made me feel really sad, both for breaking my heart because my babies but also because I was a tad conflicted by the controversy about a certain trope that is common in LGBTQ+ books.
Honestly, I loved the representation on this trilogy (though the ending has that glaring issue). Now, onto the elephant in the room:
It broke my heart when Gabriel died. I felt that the way it was narrated his death was heartbreaking and we all were in Nathan's shoes during those dreading parragraphs. And the prolonged suffering of Nathan the last chapters were really terrible, to the point that I felt kind of relieved when he changed to a tree.
However, I can totally understand why people are so angry about it. Why Gabriel had to die? Why Nathan wasn't "allowed" to recover from his death? Why the LGBTQ+ MC's had to suffer so much? I understand that and I can share that sentiment. And what it saddens me the most is that the recurring trope kind of overshadowed all the other reasons why Nathan could not heal as we all expected. He had a shitty life, he dealt with some serious shit very early on and for so many years, that without proper therapy and many years of healing, it would be hard to believe that he recover. I can totally see him acting as he did in the ending and that's why I'm not taking more stars than I am already. But is kind of a bum to feel like all our investment in this story finished so rushly and so sadly; I'm not against sad or bittersweet endings, I feel with trilogies like this is quite understandable, but the climatic moment felt rushed and I didn't feel like it was a proper pay off for all the previous building and a heartbreaking ending.
In the end, I think that it was an okayish ending, but the other two books were way better.
I really liked this trilogy. I think is hard to end a story, even more one that you've been writing for three books. I have to admit that I loved 2/3 of this book, even though sometimes it felt a little slow, and the last part made me feel really sad, both for breaking my heart because my babies but also because I was a tad conflicted by the controversy about a certain trope that is common in LGBTQ+ books.
Honestly, I loved the representation on this trilogy (though the ending has that glaring issue). Now, onto the elephant in the room:
However, I can totally understand why people are so angry about it. Why Gabriel had to die? Why Nathan wasn't "allowed" to recover from his death? Why the LGBTQ+ MC's had to suffer so much? I understand that and I can share that sentiment. And what it saddens me the most is that the recurring trope kind of overshadowed all the other reasons why Nathan could not heal as we all expected. He had a shitty life, he dealt with some serious shit very early on and for so many years, that without proper therapy and many years of healing, it would be hard to believe that he recover. I can totally see him acting as he did in the ending and that's why I'm not taking more stars than I am already. But is kind of a bum to feel like all our investment in this story finished so rushly and so sadly; I'm not against sad or bittersweet endings, I feel with trilogies like this is quite understandable, but the climatic moment felt rushed and I didn't feel like it was a proper pay off for all the previous building and a heartbreaking ending.
In the end, I think that it was an okayish ending, but the other two books were way better.
I liked it. Plain and simple as that. I didn't knew what to expect, since the summary was like "mhm" for me and even though I knew it was inspired by "The Count of Monte Cristo", I haven't read it yet (even though I really want to do it for reasons), I wasn't feeling very strong about it. In my mind it was like, it's going to be a decent YA and just that.
I had a really good time reading it. I liked the characters, their motivations and the world that was being built around them. It took me aback whenwe changed to a "third PoV" of the countess before understanding that the two PoV's weren't in synch at the beginning and Amaya was the countess so I think it the author was trying to keep the mystery but didn't manage it quite smoothly, but I was invested enough to be like "okay, a little flop but I can keep going".
By the middle of it, I was totally in. The last part of the book was really exciting for me and now I'm eager for the second book. I really like when I come without knowing anything and having pleasant surprises like this one.
I had a really good time reading it. I liked the characters, their motivations and the world that was being built around them. It took me aback when
By the middle of it, I was totally in. The last part of the book was really exciting for me and now I'm eager for the second book. I really like when I come without knowing anything and having pleasant surprises like this one.
I was pleasently surprised by this book.
I love Nannerl; I'll fight anyone about it. She's a great MC, she's driven and strong, but her character struggles are credible against the time and place she grew up. Her relationship with Worfel is endearing and very much believable most of the time, so another good point for me.
The story can be separated into the real world and the kingdom of back, with the magic in it seeping into reality in a very nice way. However, I enjoyed far more the real world than the magical realm and sometimes when we would go back to the kingdom I was kind of too excited to read what happened in the real world to really care? I don't know, I felt more strongly about the real world and enjoyed it far more than the fantasy world.
I'm debating myself between a 3 or a 3.5, but for now I'll leave it like this. I've never read anything from Marie Lu before, so this is a good start for me on her writing!
I love Nannerl; I'll fight anyone about it. She's a great MC, she's driven and strong, but her character struggles are credible against the time and place she grew up. Her relationship with Worfel is endearing and very much believable most of the time, so another good point for me.
The story can be separated into the real world and the kingdom of back, with the magic in it seeping into reality in a very nice way. However, I enjoyed far more the real world than the magical realm and sometimes when we would go back to the kingdom I was kind of too excited to read what happened in the real world to really care? I don't know, I felt more strongly about the real world and enjoyed it far more than the fantasy world.
I'm debating myself between a 3 or a 3.5, but for now I'll leave it like this. I've never read anything from Marie Lu before, so this is a good start for me on her writing!
Man, a solid 4/5 for me.
The narration is amazing in my opinion; it was really immersive, you really felt like you were there. You could feel the cold, you could feel the uncertainty, and that is something I really appreciate in this book. I got captured by it really fast and I read it in almost one sit.
It has instalove, though. That's something I'm really not into, but both characters were likeable in their own way and I liked their relationship, so I didn't mind as much as I would, but that combined with half a predictable twist took a star from me. However, I'd totally recommend it! You'll love it :)
The narration is amazing in my opinion; it was really immersive, you really felt like you were there. You could feel the cold, you could feel the uncertainty, and that is something I really appreciate in this book. I got captured by it really fast and I read it in almost one sit.
It has instalove, though. That's something I'm really not into, but both characters were likeable in their own way and I liked their relationship, so I didn't mind as much as I would, but that combined with half a predictable twist took a star from me. However, I'd totally recommend it! You'll love it :)
I kind of like it, at least Adeem and Cate were, in my opinion, really likeable. I liked the fact that the three MC's had very different lives and all had valid struggles that moved them through the book. However, I found it slow paced, which usually I don't mind, but when you can read the plot twist a mile away and with this ending... it really took me out of the experience. The ending felt like "and the killer is...!" and then it abruptly stopped, like if I was missing pages. I felt very underwhelmed by it.