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ameltbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
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? Yes
4.0
booknerdxo88's review against another edition
DNFed at page 203 (chapter 31)
I was so confused by all the different characters and jumping storylines. Also the footnotes.
I was so confused by all the different characters and jumping storylines. Also the footnotes.
museumnerd15's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
olivia_isabella's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Can’t tell if I love the overly complicated plot or if it was weakness in the writing. Nonetheless I’m going to keep reading!
achingallover's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
izzyrose95's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
blazeofredfire's review against another edition
4.0
- this was fine! Didn’t love it, didn’t hate it. 3.5 stars rounded up?
- the dual narrative was an interesting way to tell the story and the plot was generally engaging! I also really liked the idea of someone telling the story and adding it footnotes and the unreliable narration was also really cool- not something you normally get in fantasy! However, I felt like it did get a bit too convoluted at points- the end few chapters felt a bit like the author going “well… I bet you weren’t expecting this, haha!” Over and over in a way that didn’t necessarily add to the story- I think a lot of the body swapping/this person’s actually related to *this* person instead of the one you thought they were! could have been cut out and the story would have flowed better.
- I didn’t really like the main character. I get he’s supposed to be young and naïve, but his reactions to things got a bit grating over time, especially as he didn’t really seem to grow out of it. I did enjoy the other characters though- Tyentso the most! Talon was also a pretty fun villain.
- the world building was really cool- I loved all of the lore around the gods and the magic. I also loved the dragons! (More dragons please!) I’m not sure how I feel about the concept of returning though. Whenever someone important died it was like “well they’re just going to come back,” and it made some emotional moments feel quite cheap and lowered the stakes a lot.
- not sure if I’ll get round to reading the others in the series, but I’m not opposed to the idea! This was a generally fun time that put a twist on a lot of traditional fantasy “clichés”, even if I didn’t enjoy it quite as much as I wanted to.
ava__lori's review against another edition
4.5
pulled an all-nighter to read this one. not sure it's objectively good, but i ate it up.
mingreen's review against another edition
3.0
3.5⭐s it has some really great moments and some really boring moments