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iono's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, and Deportation
Minor: Alcoholism, Incest, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
pages_with_panda's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Book THREE:
This book had a much slower pace, and a LOT more politics. The first books had a nice adventure theme to them while this one has a lot more history and politics and dialogue...Which made it drag a bit.
Some interesting character development between the duo a lot of depth to the side characters. I was in love with Arista and loved how she was starting to hone her magic.
We get to see more mysterious prophecies and riddles a lot of foreshadowing which I LOVE. So YAY!
Thrace was also another favorite character...I love her so much and I cried when she cried!!
Honestly, you can tell the author got his inspiration from TV shows because every chapter or scene feels like something I would be watching. Things were being revealed to the reader, as they’re being revealed to the other characters and I LOVED that.
BOOK 4:
In this book we get a pirate story which was exciting. You can tell the author did his research on terminology for boats because I had very little idea what was what!
Another story that felt a little slow....They’re stuck on the boat for quite a while before they reach their destination and there's a big twist that was kind of expected and I'm surprised they didn't figure it out sooner? At least Royce could've figured this out sooner.
I really liked that the characters are all interconnected. It was a bit hard to remember names and I wouldn’t have been able to without my Kindle’s X-ray feature and searching pasts texts, but there's also a glossary and that helped a lot. The world building is so good in this series, I love getting lost in it.
Ultimately: slower than the past stories, this one seemed to drag. Left the action towards the end but didn’t resolve anything and left with a huge cliffhanger, unlike the past stories that seemed to wrap-up things before moving on.
816 pages.
(⚠️Content Warnings;
Graphic: violence, blood , classism, prejudice, grief,
Moderate: ptsd, death of child, death of a parent, grief
Minor: sexual assault, Injury, fire injury, genocide, ableism,
This book had a much slower pace, and a LOT more politics. The first books had a nice adventure theme to them while this one has a lot more history and politics and dialogue...Which made it drag a bit.
Some interesting character development between the duo a lot of depth to the side characters. I was in love with Arista and loved how she was starting to hone her magic.
We get to see more mysterious prophecies and riddles a lot of foreshadowing which I LOVE. So YAY!
Thrace was also another favorite character...I love her so much and I cried when she cried!!
Honestly, you can tell the author got his inspiration from TV shows because every chapter or scene feels like something I would be watching. Things were being revealed to the reader, as they’re being revealed to the other characters and I LOVED that.
BOOK 4:
In this book we get a pirate story which was exciting. You can tell the author did his research on terminology for boats because I had very little idea what was what!
Another story that felt a little slow....They’re stuck on the boat for quite a while before they reach their destination and there's a big twist that was kind of expected and I'm surprised they didn't figure it out sooner? At least Royce could've figured this out sooner.
I really liked that the characters are all interconnected. It was a bit hard to remember names and I wouldn’t have been able to without my Kindle’s X-ray feature and searching pasts texts, but there's also a glossary and that helped a lot. The world building is so good in this series, I love getting lost in it.
Ultimately: slower than the past stories, this one seemed to drag. Left the action towards the end but didn’t resolve anything and left with a huge cliffhanger, unlike the past stories that seemed to wrap-up things before moving on.
816 pages.
(⚠️Content Warnings;
Graphic: violence, blood , classism, prejudice, grief,
Moderate: ptsd, death of child, death of a parent, grief
Minor: sexual assault, Injury, fire injury, genocide, ableism,
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Grief, and Classism
Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Genocide, Sexual assault, and Fire/Fire injury
fromjuliereads's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I absolutely loved Theft of Swords. Easily a 5 star read. For me, parts of Rise of Empire just dragged a bit too much. Don't get me wrong - there is still political intrigue, adventure, amazing characters, and moments that totally have you on the edge of your seat.
Part way through, there are some chapters with Royce and Hadrian that just didn't have me as gripped and on edge as the various other parts of the book. I still enjoyed the chapters, but I wish there had been a little bit more to them?
I loved learning more about Riyria's past and getting a glimpse into their future (subtle hints). I liked getting more of Arista's story and OH MAN, the twists that her story constantly took! And I actually enjoyed the introductions of some new characters, or characters that were so minor and flat in Theft of Swords being explored a bit more in these two novels.
It was another fantastic volume from Sullivan, and I'm eager to read Heir of Novron in 2019 to see how the series finishes out!
Part way through, there are some chapters with Royce and Hadrian that just didn't have me as gripped and on edge as the various other parts of the book. I still enjoyed the chapters, but I wish there had been a little bit more to them?
I loved learning more about Riyria's past and getting a glimpse into their future (subtle hints). I liked getting more of Arista's story and OH MAN, the twists that her story constantly took! And I actually enjoyed the introductions of some new characters, or characters that were so minor and flat in Theft of Swords being explored a bit more in these two novels.
It was another fantastic volume from Sullivan, and I'm eager to read Heir of Novron in 2019 to see how the series finishes out!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Animal death and Kidnapping
The animal death and kidnapping happen off page, only mentioned