nclcaitlin's review against another edition
3.25
”Time for hunting’s over,” Braddon replied, Clay seeing a strange emptiness in his uncle’s eyes as he regarded Skaggerhill. “It’s time for slaughter now. Ain’t no room in this world for both us and them. The thing that commands them sees it. Time we did too.”
In this brilliant finale, Ryan pits revolution and capitalism against a war against drakes bent on human destruction and enslavement.
If ever there was a poor time to start a revolution.
It seems insane and stupid, but we’re currently living in an age of enlightenment facing climate change, sickness, reducing resources, and yet we’re still plagued by corporate greed, corruption, and war.
Adding drakes in makes it more exciting and adds a greater sense of imminent death and threat, and Ryan uses wile to capture and subvert impressions.
I have to say, however, the ending felt slightly underwhelming and I think this is my least favourite of the three books with book one remaining my favourite.
There’s a lot of things left unanswered as you would expect after a huge calamitous war where people’s wills were stripped away and law and order virtually ceased to exist.
I would recommend this to fans of Mistborn by Sanderson and Age of Madness by Abercrombie!
In this brilliant finale, Ryan pits revolution and capitalism against a war against drakes bent on human destruction and enslavement.
If ever there was a poor time to start a revolution.
It seems insane and stupid, but we’re currently living in an age of enlightenment facing climate change, sickness, reducing resources, and yet we’re still plagued by corporate greed, corruption, and war.
Adding drakes in makes it more exciting and adds a greater sense of imminent death and threat, and Ryan uses wile to capture and subvert impressions.
I have to say, however, the ending felt slightly underwhelming and I think this is my least favourite of the three books with book one remaining my favourite.
There’s a lot of things left unanswered as you would expect after a huge calamitous war where people’s wills were stripped away and law and order virtually ceased to exist.
I would recommend this to fans of Mistborn by Sanderson and Age of Madness by Abercrombie!
faehistory's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
jackisfast's review against another edition
2.0
Wasn't the payoff I was hoping for. I did enjoy Sirus' perspective.
surfybridge's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
gbdub's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
authornikola's review against another edition
5.0
A fantastic conclusion to an epic trilogy. I can't wait to read more of Anthony Ryan's work. He's definately a new favourite author!
travistravis's review against another edition
3.5
I think I didn't read the second book, since it felt like there was a bunch of missing backstory.
cg2001's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
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
4.0
cableguy13's review against another edition
1.0
Thank god I finally finished and can start something else. This book has an over-reliance on cliff-hangers, and over-abundance if unimportant tertiary characters with interchangeably confusing names, and absolutely no sense of danger for any of its main characters or their goals.
Like book 2, it uses cliff-hangers to make you want to return, only it doesn’t really deliver anything interesting enough to make it worthwhile.
Every main character has an entire supporting cast they’ve accumulated over the course of the series, and I could barely tell you what the difference between most of them was. Scrimshine, Steelfine, Skaggerhill, all on the same ship. We’re meant to associate emotional weight to some of these relationships, but aren’t given enough to invest in.
Four point of view characters, all off doing different things across the globe. Because each of them needs the other to succeed (or at the very least advance their plot/transport them), you know they’re going to succeed. They don’t contemplate failure, and if there’s ever any setback, it’s immediately overcome without hesitation or despair. Even when they do dumb things, like open fire on a hostile crowd as a power move (as if in reality they wouldn’t shoot you dead immediately), it works out exactly as they planned.
This is a bad series, and I’m really mad and disappointed that I think that, because Blood Song is an incredible book.
Like book 2, it uses cliff-hangers to make you want to return, only it doesn’t really deliver anything interesting enough to make it worthwhile.
Every main character has an entire supporting cast they’ve accumulated over the course of the series, and I could barely tell you what the difference between most of them was. Scrimshine, Steelfine, Skaggerhill, all on the same ship. We’re meant to associate emotional weight to some of these relationships, but aren’t given enough to invest in.
Four point of view characters, all off doing different things across the globe. Because each of them needs the other to succeed (or at the very least advance their plot/transport them), you know they’re going to succeed. They don’t contemplate failure, and if there’s ever any setback, it’s immediately overcome without hesitation or despair. Even when they do dumb things, like open fire on a hostile crowd as a power move (as if in reality they wouldn’t shoot you dead immediately), it works out exactly as they planned.
This is a bad series, and I’m really mad and disappointed that I think that, because Blood Song is an incredible book.