llona_llegaconlalluvia's review against another edition
3.0
il giovane mago Davian deve imparare ad usare i suoi poteri prima della Prova, altrimenti diventerà un Ombra. Finisce invece in una Cerca accompagnato dall'amico Wirr (principe in incognito) e dallo smemorato Caeden (nemico n1 del regno)
emparker3's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
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? It's complicated
5.0
coffee_and_wool's review against another edition
Female characters rubbing me wrong, use of violence against female to further male story arc was a nail in the coffin of a book I wasn't really loving.
pocketsnacks's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-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
4.25
shawn_afk's review against another edition
3.0
I went into this book knowing that it became something very unique and interesting by the end and that knowledge is about all that got me through an extremely lackluster opening.
Around the first half to three quarters of this book feel like very generic Lord of the Rings fantasy. There's a special object that needs to be escorted to a certain place and a group of young character will make their way there with the assistance of some older mentor figures.
This is something that Wheel of Time ran into with its first few books, but that series had characters that I instantly latched onto and was interested in following. This book did not have that. By the end of the book, I was interested in probably 3/4ths of the cast, but I spent the whole book hoping that it would move away from the main lead's point of view.
Once the book started to grow into itself around the halfway to three quarters mark, I started to enjoy it a lot more, and the ending of the book is pretty great. It really drags the book up a lot, to the point where I debated giving it four stars, but was unable to because of just how bored I had been during most of the book.
On the good side, there's a twist in this book that I think might be one of my favorite twists in a book. I put it up there with some of my favorite reveals in Brandon Sanderson's books. I also really really enjoyed reading about Caeden, he was my favorite character in the book by far.
The book came together enough in the end to the point where I'm definitely going to continue reading the series, but I'm not in a rush to do so.
Around the first half to three quarters of this book feel like very generic Lord of the Rings fantasy. There's a special object that needs to be escorted to a certain place and a group of young character will make their way there with the assistance of some older mentor figures.
This is something that Wheel of Time ran into with its first few books, but that series had characters that I instantly latched onto and was interested in following. This book did not have that. By the end of the book, I was interested in probably 3/4ths of the cast, but I spent the whole book hoping that it would move away from the main lead's point of view.
Once the book started to grow into itself around the halfway to three quarters mark, I started to enjoy it a lot more, and the ending of the book is pretty great. It really drags the book up a lot, to the point where I debated giving it four stars, but was unable to because of just how bored I had been during most of the book.
On the good side, there's a twist in this book that I think might be one of my favorite twists in a book. I put it up there with some of my favorite reveals in Brandon Sanderson's books. I also really really enjoyed reading about Caeden, he was my favorite character in the book by far.
The book came together enough in the end to the point where I'm definitely going to continue reading the series, but I'm not in a rush to do so.
ahalpine's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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
3.5
willardmarx's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
elros451's review against another edition
3.0
3.5/5
The writing was quite poor but it's a debut and the plot got interesting in the second half.
The writing was quite poor but it's a debut and the plot got interesting in the second half.
alwaysfullybooked's review against another edition
Soft dnf. I will try again at a later date. Too much time has passed and I barely remember anything. The audio route was definitely not the way to go this time.