Reviews

Ashes of Man by Christopher Ruocchio

sgmcnamara's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.75

slimgravy's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.5

remjunior's review against another edition

3.0

I have absolutely loved every book in this series until now. This is a good book, don't misunderstand me, but it feels very inert compared to the other books and crawls along. It almost feels like it was the last third of the previous novel, which may have worked better.

Spoilers: the broadcasting of a certain someone's deaths was soooo telegraphed and just clumsy in my opinion. I don't think it had the punch that it should have for various reasons. Like, when I think about the Red Rising series--those deaths hurt. And are often shocking.

Anyway, this is my least favorite so far and even that was well above average and still a fast and fun read. Looking forward to the end of this journey when the next (and last?) book comes out!

paolomzmr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

jatczaka18's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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

4.25

aberut's review against another edition

5.0

Wow , this series is good . Hadrian is a broken man . I thought things couldn't get worse for him , then they do . And i love it . Cant wait for the next book but wow .

liani's review against another edition

sad tense

5.0

rhys22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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

4.75

ak12300's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

mqabbadbest's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.25

By far, my least favourite book of the Sun Eater series. This book should not have been 500+ pages. The material covered here does not warrant close to that. Kingdoms of Death, which suffered pacing issues, should have been condensed and the two should have been made one, as was planned before. 

Also, with each book I read of this series, its main flaw is rearing its head out even more. With this series being an autobiography where we already know everything that happened before it happens, has affected my interest in this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, and Pregnancy