Reviews

Captain's Fury by Jim Butcher

penguin_emperor_of_the_north's review against another edition

4.0

In lieu of just gushing about Jim Butcher's book I'll just spitball some thoughts. (And I'll assume at this point you're familiar with previous books.)

Gaius Sextus takes the field in this one. And previously he was a boss in that everyone said he was B-A so I just interpreted his every action as being awesome. No more. What do you do when one of the High Lords of your realm rise up in rebellion? If you're most people you raise your armies, besiege his cities, retake land etc. If you're Gaius Sextus you

Spoiler

set off a volcano next to his capital

. Because you have had enough of this nonsense.

Which brings me to my next thought. Butcher is really good at making me feel bad for enjoying his novels. In particular, in between the battles between 9 foot tall wolf men and magic wielding Roman legionnaires he takes the time to dwell on how much it would suck to be a refugee or even soldier there. I suppose it's only fun to read about. Which is kind of a 'duh' moment but it's probably good to be re-horrified by war every now and then.

horoxv's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

eldigan's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

mccarthy17's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

jester246's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted tense slow-paced

4.75

acicca's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

kp333's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.5

socialamoebaemily's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Another really great one in this series!! 2, 3 and 4 are all fantastic with incredible world building and great character work without being completely overwhelmed. Again we have both a nicely wrapped up plot and an ongoing overarching plot of the series that is very well balanced with enough resolved in the current conflict to feel satisfied and open enough to want more of this story. I love this series and highly recommend it for anyone who is a fan of epic fantasies. 

kieserachel's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

mastersal's review against another edition

4.0

Set two years after Book 3, this book shows the emergence of Tavi onto the political scene. We pick up the plot after the invasion and the Senate have gotten their politics mitts into the war now.

I enjoyed the politicking quite a bit

Spoiler

and Tavi learnt of his past!! Finally. And he basically came out as Octavian, echoing his real life counterpart. He still hasn’t become a Super Saiyan which I was disappointed about but I am still keeping my fingers crossed.

Some of the other plot developments I was expecting also occurred.

Spoiler

I knew Fidelelias would turn to be conflicted. His redemption arc is basically set and I venture that Tavi will bring him back to the light side.

Nothing surprising here but it all still made me smile.

The side characters continue their middling b-plot and OTT ridiculous romance.