freebird795's review against another edition
4.0
This has been a good trilogy. There's a couple of times where it seemed to go off track, but on the whole it was well worth reading.
podcast_buecherreich's review against another edition
3.0
Für mich leider der schwächste Band der Reihe, obwohl sie insgesamt schon empfehlenswert ist. Der 3. und Abschlussband der "Der Lotuskrieg"-Reihe, daher erzähle ich wenig zum Inhalt: Wie in der Fantasy erwünscht, findet in diesem Band eine große Schlacht statt, ein großes Finale. Einige geliebte oder verhasste Charaktere sterben, es gibt eine Moral von der Geschichte, und ich habe mich wieder gut unterhalten gefühlt. Auch die Vorgeschichte einiger Charaktere wird (endlich) erzählt, sodass alles geschichtentechnisch rund war.
Aber: Es gab ein paar Details, die ziemlich unlogisch waren. Außerdem hat sich das Buch für mich stellenweise aufgrund seitenweiser Beschreibungen (fast) ohne Dialoge ziemlich gezogen. Ich habe zwischen 3 und 4 Sternen geschwankt, tendiere aber mehr zu 3.
PS: Eine Freundin hat mich darauf aufmerksam gemacht, dass der Novellenband/Prequel "Last Stormdancer" Anfang November in Deutschland herauskommt. Das werde ich auf jeden Fall auch noch dazukaufen und lesen.
Aber: Es gab ein paar Details, die ziemlich unlogisch waren. Außerdem hat sich das Buch für mich stellenweise aufgrund seitenweiser Beschreibungen (fast) ohne Dialoge ziemlich gezogen. Ich habe zwischen 3 und 4 Sternen geschwankt, tendiere aber mehr zu 3.
PS: Eine Freundin hat mich darauf aufmerksam gemacht, dass der Novellenband/Prequel "Last Stormdancer" Anfang November in Deutschland herauskommt. Das werde ich auf jeden Fall auch noch dazukaufen und lesen.
madamemidazolam's review against another edition
5.0
This series. This fucking series. I am in awe at Jay Kristoff's ability to tell a story, and his seemingly lack of fucks given over his reader's fragile little hearts. The feels, man! I found myself chuckling over the exchanges between the characters (Akihito, Michi, and the Blackbird especially) one minute and then the next I am completely gutted and getting snot everywhere and my dog is looking at me like I am something from the Exorcist and then I snot on her and... it was not a pretty sight.
The characterization is amazing. The world building is even better. Some things were so far-fetched but it was told so convincingly I was able to go along with it. The world is vivid and surprisingly, parts of it are relatable. I fell in love with this world and the people in it and am so sad to see one of my all time favorite series come to an end. I will have to reread this again in the future.
P.S. I also may or may not have jizzed a little every time Buruu or Yoshi were center stage.
The characterization is amazing. The world building is even better. Some things were so far-fetched but it was told so convincingly I was able to go along with it. The world is vivid and surprisingly, parts of it are relatable. I fell in love with this world and the people in it and am so sad to see one of my all time favorite series come to an end. I will have to reread this again in the future.
P.S. I also may or may not have jizzed a little every time Buruu or Yoshi were center stage.
budtling's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
nizharu's review against another edition
Well, I`m going to be very cruel with this.
The cultural apropiation thingy is something that don't gonna be touched.
A lot of people are comenting that, is stupid to beat a dead horse, also, they are better than me in that regard.
And that left us with the rest of the problem this trilogy had, wich there are many.
The first of first is the weaboo talk, all those hais and sama, was not better yes/aye and lord? mixing languages is bad in a lot of fronts.
That is part of the big problem I said it was not being comented, but also is grammar, and a big failure form the author part, weaboo is bad.
The rest of the grammar is cool, is very well written for the most part, poetic and purple, I love purple... then the weaboo start and sometimes the text is sprinkled with some shitty haikus and the magic falls.
problem number 1) Weaboo shit.
The second batch of problems came with the main character, Yukiko.
Yukiko is....
You know that saying about woman in videogames and the interpretaton that action girls usually have? basically that, a man with boobs but without the charisma nor the balls.
In videogames, that is cool, I mean, games are violent and having damsel in distress is as sexist as mans with boobs, but with the latters as a main character you can have fun, after all videogames have to be fun, need to be fun.
Usually in videogames, the male figure is view as a fantasy of power, and the female figure a fantasy of sexual nature, after all, videogames are made with males in mind and not us, the public with the boobs singularity.
That's not bad itself, unless you're a puritan murrican with the boobs singularity who doesn't know how to have fun.
That's the problem that Yukiko, the main character of this trilogy have, i'ts a man with boobs with a chronic symptoms of damsel is distress mixed with womans are cool because babbies. Also the character becomes in the second book when she learns that is pregnant a spineless little piece of shit.
Which reminds me of final battle results in the third book, in which Yukiko but NO because BABBIES and need to be protected by a male because BABBIES!!
....
I don't know which is more sexist, if the videogames vision of womans or this.
so:
problem number 2) Man with boobs with a chronic symptoms of damsel is distress mixed with womans are cool because babbies as main character.
and:
Problem number 3) Puritan murrica fuck yeah!! BABBIES!!!!11!!
and problem number 4) It's sexist as hell.
Let's talk about secondaries, yes, secondaries...
There's a lotsa - well, two - cool characters down there, and very shitty ones too...
The second book have a lot of them and the point of view float between the main characters and them and that became a chore, some of that stories are boring.
In reality, the secondaries in this trilogy are very boring with the exception of the Warlord's sorry Sogun's sister and Kin, Kin is cool.
Buruu's... no, Buruu is not that cool.
The problen Buruu have is very simple, the author was triying to made him evolve and make him more human-minded as his link with Yukiko deepens but the result is you end with a human with the body of a gryphon.
BAD.
The Villains are a mixed bag too.
The Warlod was insane, and the rest of the people with power very stupid.
The Guild was... What was the Guild anyway? only a bunch of mad people, something about a dead godess and Pentex...
You know, Captain Planet mumbo jumbo but bad written.
And then Hiro, but I'm not gonna talk about him, it's so boring, do not deserve it.
And the barbarians... nope, not talking about them either, pure cliche of japan good/gaijin bad stereotypes, no thanks, i have enought weeabo.
I don't know how to say about these guys, they're a bunch of walking cliches, borings as hells, secondaries and villains equally.
Problem number 5) Boring secondaries and more weeabo stereotypes.
Problem number 6) Buruu is as human as the rest of the cast.
Problem number 7) Saturday's morning cartoons villains.
So the rating is justified, at least, this is my opinion only, rabids fangirls, respect it.
The second star is for an idea for a boss for my werewolf's campaing.
The cultural apropiation thingy is something that don't gonna be touched.
A lot of people are comenting that, is stupid to beat a dead horse, also, they are better than me in that regard.
And that left us with the rest of the problem this trilogy had, wich there are many.
The first of first is the weaboo talk, all those hais and sama, was not better yes/aye and lord? mixing languages is bad in a lot of fronts.
That is part of the big problem I said it was not being comented, but also is grammar, and a big failure form the author part, weaboo is bad.
The rest of the grammar is cool, is very well written for the most part, poetic and purple, I love purple... then the weaboo start and sometimes the text is sprinkled with some shitty haikus and the magic falls.
problem number 1) Weaboo shit.
The second batch of problems came with the main character, Yukiko.
Yukiko is....
You know that saying about woman in videogames and the interpretaton that action girls usually have? basically that, a man with boobs but without the charisma nor the balls.
In videogames, that is cool, I mean, games are violent and having damsel in distress is as sexist as mans with boobs, but with the latters as a main character you can have fun, after all videogames have to be fun, need to be fun.
Usually in videogames, the male figure is view as a fantasy of power, and the female figure a fantasy of sexual nature, after all, videogames are made with males in mind and not us, the public with the boobs singularity.
That's not bad itself, unless you're a puritan murrican with the boobs singularity who doesn't know how to have fun.
That's the problem that Yukiko, the main character of this trilogy have, i'ts a man with boobs with a chronic symptoms of damsel is distress mixed with womans are cool because babbies. Also the character becomes in the second book when she learns that is pregnant a spineless little piece of shit.
Which reminds me of final battle results in the third book, in which Yukiko
Spoiler
was suposed to sacrifice herself alongside Burru to stop Izanami....
I don't know which is more sexist, if the videogames vision of womans or this.
so:
problem number 2) Man with boobs with a chronic symptoms of damsel is distress mixed with womans are cool because babbies as main character.
and:
Problem number 3) Puritan murrica fuck yeah!! BABBIES!!!!11!!
and problem number 4) It's sexist as hell.
Let's talk about secondaries, yes, secondaries...
There's a lotsa - well, two - cool characters down there, and very shitty ones too...
The second book have a lot of them and the point of view float between the main characters and them and that became a chore, some of that stories are boring.
In reality, the secondaries in this trilogy are very boring with the exception of the Warlord's sorry Sogun's sister and Kin, Kin is cool.
Buruu's... no, Buruu is not that cool.
The problen Buruu have is very simple, the author was triying to made him evolve and make him more human-minded as his link with Yukiko deepens but the result is you end with a human with the body of a gryphon.
BAD.
The Villains are a mixed bag too.
The Warlod was insane, and the rest of the people with power very stupid.
The Guild was... What was the Guild anyway? only a bunch of mad people, something about a dead godess and Pentex...
You know, Captain Planet mumbo jumbo but bad written.
And then Hiro, but I'm not gonna talk about him, it's so boring, do not deserve it.
And the barbarians... nope, not talking about them either, pure cliche of japan good/gaijin bad stereotypes, no thanks, i have enought weeabo.
I don't know how to say about these guys, they're a bunch of walking cliches, borings as hells, secondaries and villains equally.
Problem number 5) Boring secondaries and more weeabo stereotypes.
Problem number 6) Buruu is as human as the rest of the cast.
Problem number 7) Saturday's morning cartoons villains.
So the rating is justified, at least, this is my opinion only, rabids fangirls, respect it.
The second star is for an idea for a boss for my werewolf's campaing.
apollo1gcw's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
jabberjawed's review against another edition
5.0
This book was beautiful, cover to cover. The characters run true and golden, even when caked in filth. The tale told is worth reading again and again. Choose.
_nika_'s review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This a beautiful ending for a great trilogy. As much as the characters have their issues the world building makes up for it. I have to say i probably disliked this part the most. I just felt like it was treated as a bit of a filler for a necessary end. I probably wouldn’t reread it if i’m completely honest. I preferred the first book way much more.
Spoiler
i’m also livid that Michi didn’t make it, she was by far my favourite characterjona_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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
drizzlybear's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.0
wow so much happened but still it felt a bit too long