Reviews

Sky of swords by Dave Duncan

stephlunatic's review against another edition

I read this book years ago (I think I was still in high school) and I don't remember liking it all that well. Apparently it had a lasting effect on me, however, because although I lost the book the plot-line stuck in my head and I have been searching for it for about 10 years now. I do remember thinking it was too convoluted with all the court-intrigue which I think I might enjoy more now because I devour that in other novels but probably didn't as my high school self. I am definitely going to give this another fresh try. And since it's part of a series, I might try those too, if I enjoy this one enough.

ghutter05's review against another edition

3.0

I didn't enjoy this one nearly as much as the first two, but I had to read it to resolve discrepancies between them, which Mr. Duncan warns the reader about in all three books. Mr. Duncan very much enjoys jumping from current events to years past, which I don't particularly enjoy as a storytelling technique. But it has a satisfactory ending, a little too pat, but nothing that really discouraged me from reading the other King's Blade novels.

sammishgirl's review against another edition

1.0

If I hadn't already read the first two in this series, I would have given up on this book pretty early on. The only reason I kept reading was to figure out how the first two books managed to kill the same guy two different ways at two drastically different times.

The first two had more action, this one was all political intrigue and things going wrong (which can be interesting in the right hands, but apparently Dave Duncan does not have those hands) and overall just dull. I'm just glad it's over!

rouver's review against another edition

3.0

This book resolves the plot differences between bk 1 & 2. It becomes fairly obvious how they're going to do this halfway through the book & the fact that it took until nearly the end to do so was like an itch I couldn't scratch. Rather than it being a cliffhanger, it was more an irritation. It also seems to focus a lot on the romance of the princess & one of her guards, which isn't my cup of tea. She's a bit of a thick-headed self-centered brat for a 1/3 of the book. Overall it was interesting & I liked it...but I would say this was my least favorite of the 3.

vaderbird's review against another edition

3.0

5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish

froggye9dcc's review against another edition

5.0

Awesome. How can a man write from the perspective of a young girl growing up into a woman?! He did it so well. I wish I could tell you the awesome part but that would spoil it. Just read it!