Reviews

Tower Lord by Anthony Ryan

samphope's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

5.0

bergsteiger's review against another edition

4.0

I enjoyed this next book in the Raven's Shadow series. Vaelin returns from his youth abroad, disillusioned by the costly war and despite his desire to settle down, finds himself on a path to yet another war. Nothing new there in terms of a storyline, but Mr. Ryan is a good storyteller. He wrote from 4 different perspectives, 3 old characters from the first book and 1 new one, and did them in such a way that you were interested in all 4 and not plowing through one perspective in hopes of getting back to the "good" one(s). As a second book this is quite good and I'm curious where this series is going. Solid 4 stars.

mridzyreads's review against another edition

5.0

I kinda hate that they've grown up, brother.

esh0nai's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.75

odinallfather's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.25

neversexsit's review against another edition

4.0

*Currently reading*

I am currently reading it, but I wanted to go ahead and write a review on the book and see if my view changed by the end.
I have read around 250 pages of the book and overall I think its fairly good. I don't care for an author changing their writing style in a trilogy, this however is what Anthony Ryan has done. To go from the view of Vaelin Al Sorna to the view of 4 characters, into which some feel unimportant (Reva). It is quite a change and certainly is poorly executed at the start. It is from what I have read one of the main complaints I seem to see about it. A *WE WANT MORE VAELIN AL SORNA" type complaint, which I jump on board 100%. However, after the beginning of the book and the confusion of what is going on, it gets interesting. I would love to be able to rate it a 3.5, but a 4 is all I can do. If Reva was taken out of the book then I could give it a solid 4, where I am currently at.

*edit*
In finishing the book I think that it deserves a 3.5 if that was an option, but instead I just gave it a 4 stars. Towards the end of the book it gets pretty good, but it just doesn't stand to the first in the series at all. A shame.

siu_rose's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

For a long while the structure of characters in different places wasn’t working for me. although I liked some of the individual stories well enough. I thought it was good, it just felt like such a different book than the first one, in terms of plot and major characters, it just wasn’t what I expected. As the pieces started coming together I really enjoyed it more though, and I thought it finished strong.

katpavlikova's review against another edition

3.0

Slabší 3*

První třetina byla hodně dobrá, bavila mě, rozdělení do více POV jednoznačně schvaluji, dodalo to tomu dynamiku - až do určité chvíle. Nemůžu se zbavit dojmu, že A. Ryan sice umí psát, ale ten um má vydřený, necítím z něj lehkost. Zdá se mi, že doslova soplí odstavec za odstavcem. Točí se v kruhu. Pak se celý děj začne natahovat jak rozehřátý sýr. A úplně zbytečně. Navíc v rámci knihy víte, k čemu přesně všechno směřuje, což je fakt bomba motivace k dalšímu čtení.

Jakože uf. Opravdu jsem ráda, že mám dočteno/doposloucháno.

Jenže pořád je tam taky dost prvků, které mě zajímají. Svět, víra, magie. I to, jak to celé jako dopadne. Baví mě Frentis.

Jo a... Možná jsem blbě poslouchala (to se klidně mohlo stát, rušivých elementů je dostatek), ale nedokážu pochopit, jak je možné, že

Spoiler

VÉLIN, samostatná jednotka, drsňák světa, kterému bylo svěřeno území, který prošel studiem a výcvikem v CÍRKEVNÍM ŘÁDU v době, co se jednoznačně opírá o středověk, NEUMÍ ČÍST???

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hudsone45's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

You know someone is about to die because every time you decide yes this character is a cinnamon bun , bam they get murdered. 

Also my poor Frentis. 

lily004's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

5.0