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benehime's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Reader, I cried.
This book hit me harder than the first two (though the second one was pretty awful too). In this book we delved deeper into the tragedy of the T'lan Imass and the Tiste Andii, and I love both their histories! Arguably, the T'lan Imass are the villain of quite a few stories and getting more of a glimpse of their long wars was fascinating. I neeeed to know who they are going to fight now! And what Tool is up to!
This book was heartbreaking, but goddamn, Erikson is F. U. N. N. Y.
And the prose? Is soooo good! Listen to this:
"The hand of vengeance stayed cold only so long. Any soul possessing a shred of humanity could not help but see the reality behind cruel deliverance, no matter how justified it might have at first seemed. Faces blank in death. Bodies twisted in postures no one unbroken could achieve. Destroyed lives. Vengeance yielded a mirror to every atrocity, where notions of right an wrong blurred and lost all relevance."
The last 20 percent of the book flew by. I couldn't put it down at all.
P. S. : Omg, I totally forgot the incredible Seguleh!! The punitive army of three! Them asking the Pannion Domin to please please go to war with them! Incredible, showstopping, never been seen before!!
This book hit me harder than the first two (though the second one was pretty awful too). In this book we delved deeper into the tragedy of the T'lan Imass and the Tiste Andii, and I love both their histories! Arguably, the T'lan Imass are the villain of quite a few stories and getting more of a glimpse of their long wars was fascinating. I neeeed to know who they are going to fight now! And what Tool is up to!
This book was heartbreaking, but goddamn, Erikson is F. U. N. N. Y.
And the prose? Is soooo good! Listen to this:
"The hand of vengeance stayed cold only so long. Any soul possessing a shred of humanity could not help but see the reality behind cruel deliverance, no matter how justified it might have at first seemed. Faces blank in death. Bodies twisted in postures no one unbroken could achieve. Destroyed lives. Vengeance yielded a mirror to every atrocity, where notions of right an wrong blurred and lost all relevance."
The last 20 percent of the book flew by. I couldn't put it down at all.
P. S. : Omg, I totally forgot the incredible Seguleh!! The punitive army of three! Them asking the Pannion Domin to please please go to war with them! Incredible, showstopping, never been seen before!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Cannibalism, and War
Moderate: Genocide and Abandonment
Minor: Alcoholism and Rape
danielleor's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
slow-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Colonisation