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ailsaod's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
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
4.0
This one was a bit of a mixed bag, I suspect the series peaked at Fire Sea but we shall see. The good parts of this book were really good: Haplo and Alfred's friendship/rivalry remains the best thing in this series but I am also very much here for Haplo's fear of water in this book as well as his fake it till you make it scheme to get the dragon snakes to do his bidding. I just really like watching Haplo try to be evil while hilariously out of his depth and fail.
However, what I do not enjoy is Haplo making eyes at a teenager??! I somehow forgot just how big a portion of the book was taken up with the Haplo/Alake subplot and oh wow was it painful to slog through. I can't think of much I would want less than to see a man in his late twenties (ish) get involved with a fifteen year old and while things don't go too far they really do consider it a LOT. Alake's character was just done so dirty in general because of her attraction to Haplo and I feel like she had a lot of wasted potential. I guess this is just further proof and Weis and Hickman struggle to write women in a non-insulting manner unless they are dwarves (Grundle is best girl!).
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
The adult/minor relationship is one-sided and doesn't go far but features heavily in some sections of the book.inferiorwit's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Suicide