Reviews

Midnight Falcon by David Gemmell

peter_xxx's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

3.5

hasseltkoffie's review against another edition

3.0

I like some of the concepts of this book/series actually, makes me wish for simpler times. Anyhow, somewhat predictable apart for one thing which shall not be spoilt, but that thing was kind of hamfisted so whatever. Going to read some other thing as palette cleanser before the next one though, had enough of broody angry dudes for a long while.

jonathanrobert's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

soursock's review against another edition

5.0

Great as expected

patroklo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

3.0

bremdey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

pietgriet2000_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

arqune's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

levit8ting's review against another edition

5.0

This one echoes the Gladiator era in Rome. Very beautifully written.

neilsef's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This is set about twenty years after the events of Sword in the Storm and revolves around Bane, the bastard son of Connovar.
The plot is briskly paced with plenty of action sequences from individual fights to full-scale battles, all of which are beautifully written in David Gemmell's descriptive writing style, there are also a fair number of emotional scenes that are powerfully written.
The characterisation is excellent, as always, with a host of new interesting characters being introduced as well as existing ones being refined.
A must-read for all Gemmell fans.