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Królestwo miedzi by S.A. Chakraborty

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mmelvin4's review against another edition

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adventurous 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? No

4.25

mysticslibrary's review against another edition

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4.0

Started off a bit slow, but holy moley this is such a great series. The ending was just... :O

Can't wait until I can get my hands on Empire of Gold at my local library!

rauconire's review against another edition

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adventurous tense fast-paced

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

4.5

juliterario's review against another edition

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3.0

¡Hace tanto que quería leer The Kingdom of Copper! El primer libro, The City of Brass, fue de mis mejores lecturas del 2017 y es de mis favoritos. ¿Cómo no querer leer su secuela? Y ahora... Uffff :/

“You don't stop fighting a war just because you're losing battles.”

Aunque todavía quiero continuar con la saga, realmente lamento que este libro no haya sido lo que esperaba. The City of Brass me atrapó desde el primer momento, me enamoró con su fantástica escritura y fue mucho más de lo que uno podría esperar. Por supuesto que esperaba que esta secuela estuviera a la altura... Todavía estoy 100% involucrada con la historia y con los personajes. No sé si les he contado lo mucho que adoro la cultura y los cuentos de hadas del Medio Oriente. Las leyendas, mitos e historias que conozco (porque tampoco es que sepa mucho, aviso) me fascinan. ¡Estoy enamorada de estas historias! Hasta ahora, los libros de S.A. Chakraborty han sido mis favoritos y más mágicos en este aspecto hasta el día de hoy. Mi pasión por esta novela hizo que estas 600 páginas no se sintieran tan pesadas y la pasé de maravilla en las últimas 100. No sé, este es uno de esos toques de fantasía que adoro por completo.

“Because a lost little girl from Cairo thought she was living in some sort of fairy tale. And because for all her supposed cleverness, she couldn’t see that the dashing hero who saved her was its monster.”

PERO eso es todo lo bueno que puedo decir de The Kingdom of Copper. Casi no pasa N-A-D-A en este libro taaaannn largo, hay muy poca acción y siento que casi ni avanzó en la historia retomada desde el 1er libro. Poca evolución de algunos personajes, pocas cosas nuevas... Siento que Chakraborty no utilizó su libro realmente. No es una secuela, o al menos no lo parece. The Kingdom of Copper es la novela más lenta que he leído en toda mi vida :( OJALÁ que el 3er libro sea mucho mejor, porque esto fue sumamente lento y difícil de no abandonar.

“Find out what you really are, what really exists in this world. Come to Daevabad where even a drop of Nahid blood will bring you honor and wealth beyond your imagining. Your own infirmary, the knowledge of a thousand previous healers at your fingertips. Respect.”

rebeccareads08's review against another edition

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5.0

EDIT: Giving it 5 stars bc It's just too good! It gets better every reread.

Great continuation of the series! Although it does fall victim to the same pacing issues as the first installment, specifically the first half of the book is rather slow, it definitely picks up in the second.

Some thougths:
I was surprised and delighted at the time jump.

Nahri is still a badass and I loved the more mature cunning version of her, also she is probably one of the strongest Fmc I’ve read in a long time. The way she must navigate her world is nothing short of admirable.

Ali had some of the best character growth in the book and I was here for it. Even though he is decidedly terrible at timing he at least has the strongest back bone in the city.

Muntadir was really disappointing and I still was so sad at the end for him and then genuinely relieved. Also I love Jamshid.

Finally Dara….. this is the character that caused me the most emotion in the form of frustration and anger! I’m so disappointed in him.

I’m ready for the conclusion of this amazing trilogy. Let’s do it.

carlysgrowingtbr's review against another edition

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5.0

This book picks up around 5 years after the first book. I did like that they made it very clear that there was a break in time between the books, but I really would've liked to have seen some of the things that happened within that timeframe so I was a little disappointed in that. But it was written in such a way that I was caught up very quickly, and was not confused about what it happened during the interim. Overall, it was a small complaint because they do explain some things that happened pretty quickly into the book.

This book was definitely a solid, follow up to the first book. It did not suffer from "Second book syndrome" at all in my opinion. The pacing was right on par and kept you interested and engaged. The character development continued, as well as the development to the plot, and it was all very intriguing. This book did not have a lot of emotion for me so I didn't actually cry during this book like I did during the first and the third. But it was very action packed and probably one of my favorite out of the trio.