Reviews

The Black Song by Anthony Ryan

cableguy13's review against another edition

5.0

Wow, this book and its predecessor made for much better sequels to Blood Song than the actual sequels.

leeman_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

selinadragonair's review

4.0

The author has put everything a Vaelin Fan could possibly want into this book: action, war, battles, duels, tricks, magic, pirates, priests, trials, a wolve, a horse and philosophy.

My favorite line: "...as soon as I find my horse."

traviscanread's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

sign19's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.0

patremagne's review

4.0

Around a 4.5. Thoroughly compelling conclusion to the sequel duology with a returned focus on Vaelin al Sorna.

meveris's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.25

annarella's review

4.0

I loved the first book in this series and liked this one.
It's entertaining and engrossing even if the action is lacking in some parts.
The world building and the character development are as good as they were in the first novel and the plot flows.
I assume there will be other books in this series, this one is recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

bookish_wanderluster's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful sad medium-paced

3.0

linark's review

4.0

Pretty good ending for Vaelin all things considered. It was refreshing to read a duology instead of a standard (overdone, tedious...) trilogy. I feel like with so many characters some get much less attention than others and give their stories a cheap feeling, but overall Ryan did a decent job with tying up all the ends. I liked that there was a good dose of badassery for Vaelin here. But it is of course obligatory. Some things made me go "oh come on really?" But yeah. 4 stars!