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Зов костяных кораблей by RJ Barker

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austinpowersbooks's review against another edition

5.0

This is an easy 5 stars. 6 stars. Even 7. Holy hell this was phenomenal. The second book in the Tide Child Trilogy by R.J. Barker where Lucky Meas and DeckKeeper Joron Twiner return on Tide Child. I seriously have so many thoughts on this. I don't think I can process them all right now.

proseandpurls's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

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astronad's review against another edition

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5.0

I loved it.

I feel like I need to reiterate, of all book genres fantasy has always and will always ranked first for me and among it’s subgenres nautical/pirate fantasy is definitely top 3.

I liked the first Tide Child book, The Bone Ships, a lot. I did, however, have a rocky start in the beginning of the first book and continuing the series had not been a priority. It was only because I got a good deal on the second book that I decided to pick it back up and, my god, what a fantastic stroke of luck.

I liked The Bone Ships. I loved Call of The Bone Ships. Adored it even. Now I cannot wait to get my hands on the last book. Putting in into my cart as I type.

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5.0

We need more nautical fantasy. RJ Barker has certainly found a niche where fantasy is under served with this series. His creativity in his creatures is matched by his brilliant world building and relationships between the crew members on the Tide Child.

Fantasy is at its best when it manages to be both huge and small at the same time - epic drama but focused in on a small tight nit group. A boat is almost the perfect setting for this as the crew provides the 'found family' closeness whilst the ocean provides a vastness and scale.

Call of the Bone Ships is an excellent second outing. Following the character development of Joron in the first book we are presented with a much more competent and confident ship officer as our main protagonist. This allows the focus to switch to some of the larger political machinations at play in the world. There is not really a sense of second book malaise that sometimes affects trilogies - this book is confident and has a proper drive to it, always feeling more than a mere stepping stone to the finale. The stakes are rising and the real peril and risk is always underlying. RJ is not frightened of killing of important characters and it really adds to the sense of drama and brutality to the setting

As you can probably tell I thoroughly enjoyed this. High quality fantasy that deserves its increasing recognition!