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ismurray's review against another edition
adventurous
inspiring
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
nwold87's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
phatlady's review
3.0
Surprising literally no one, the only woman writing these books is immediately more competent and like, emotionally evocative with prose. If only she'd been allowed to write a more focused story
jillienlee's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
egophagia's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
1.0
kalreadsalways's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
While the main plot is further continued in the series, the book is extremely choppy in how it hopped between different character groups. The use of contrived plot devices seems very forced on multiple of the main characters as well in order to keep the plot moving along. Things feel a bit inconsistent with the first three books in the series as to how characters behavior shifted. It could ultimately be the result of using 6 different authors to write a 6 book series. However, this appears to be the first book in the series where this point seems to show the most in my observations.
shadowspinner's review
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Death of parent
bloopbloopwilson's review against another edition
3.0
Overall this book isn't bad. It's the 4th book and it leads nicely into the 5th book. There are some glaring problems though...
Quenthel is not a moron. She is the Mistress of Arach-Tinilith which is a very high ranking place in Menzoberranzan. It's comparable to Gromph's position as Archmage. But to compare their characters in this book, they make Gromph look like an absolute genius and Quenthel as a bumbling buffoon who couldn't tie her shoes without the help of her imp-bound whip giving her step by step instructions and possibly tying themselves to demonstrate it for her. Quenthel is a very irrational character but in this book she can't seem to make even the most obvious decisions. Another this that wasn't great about the book is Ryld and Halisstra relationship. It grows by leaps and bounds with a page of dialog between them. It just seem too quick to be really happening.
But these are just my negatives of the book. Its well written and even though its just kind of a filler book it doesn't feel much like one. The fight with the wyrm was great and Halisstra's.... change (too keep it spoiler free) felt genuine and true to her character. And it took most of the book for her to truly accept it as part of her self (unlike Ryld which she fell in love with quicker than the road runner under an anvil). All and all this book isn't half bad. There's a good amount of action and it leads you nicely into the next book.
Quenthel is not a moron. She is the Mistress of Arach-Tinilith which is a very high ranking place in Menzoberranzan. It's comparable to Gromph's position as Archmage. But to compare their characters in this book, they make Gromph look like an absolute genius and Quenthel as a bumbling buffoon who couldn't tie her shoes without the help of her imp-bound whip giving her step by step instructions and possibly tying themselves to demonstrate it for her. Quenthel is a very irrational character but in this book she can't seem to make even the most obvious decisions. Another this that wasn't great about the book is Ryld and Halisstra relationship. It grows by leaps and bounds with a page of dialog between them. It just seem too quick to be really happening.
But these are just my negatives of the book. Its well written and even though its just kind of a filler book it doesn't feel much like one. The fight with the wyrm was great and Halisstra's.... change (too keep it spoiler free) felt genuine and true to her character. And it took most of the book for her to truly accept it as part of her self (unlike Ryld which she fell in love with quicker than the road runner under an anvil). All and all this book isn't half bad. There's a good amount of action and it leads you nicely into the next book.
the0newh0watches's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0