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jems_'s review against another edition
4.0
I went into this book blind and I honestly didn’t expect to like it as much as I did. I‘m usually somewhat picky and a lot of things can throw me off of books rather quickly, but that didn’t seem to be the case here. Sure, some things still earned a frown or a sigh, but not to the degree that it would lessen my enjoyment of this too much.
+ I found the characters interesting, though I didn’t develop any big connections to any of them (I love Spassov though, but that’s my classic me-liking-the-side-character-that-doesn’t-even-appear-that-much-thing)
+ this book had me a little confused at times. That sounds like a negative, but it isn’t, because it felt more like the characters, their motives, the politics etc. just made it purposefully harder to tell who to trust and how everything was connected and I quite enjoyed it
+ it had more than enough plot to keep me engaged, didn’t feel slow or dragging at all in my opinion
+ English is my second language, but for a fantasy book with this much terminology and names, I think it was still fairly comfortable to read
+ did I mention Spassov yet?
+ Alice.
- I found the „relationship“ between Kasia and Alexei to be a bit lacking. I know that’s not at all the main point of this book, but it still bothered me a little. This is the part I‘m usually the most picky about in books
- some other scenes also earned an eye-roll from me but it was minor
- while I did say I found the characters interesting, I also did say I didn’t develop any big connections to any of them, which can make it hard to root for them overall if you don’t care all that much
• a neutral point because, as a German, I‘m not sure how I feel about Kvengard with their clear German inspiration and lesser development compared to other regions. You can bet I did a double take when I read „Guten Tag“ in an English book. The written German accents were sort of funny, though I still felt a bit iffy about the whole thing. I can only assume „Das Internet ist für uns alle Neuland.“ has made it’s rounds by now.
Overall, still an enjoyable read and not something I expected. Will probably continue this in the future!
+ I found the characters interesting, though I didn’t develop any big connections to any of them (I love Spassov though, but that’s my classic me-liking-the-side-character-that-doesn’t-even-appear-that-much-thing)
+ this book had me a little confused at times. That sounds like a negative, but it isn’t, because it felt more like the characters, their motives, the politics etc. just made it purposefully harder to tell who to trust and how everything was connected and I quite enjoyed it
+ it had more than enough plot to keep me engaged, didn’t feel slow or dragging at all in my opinion
+ English is my second language, but for a fantasy book with this much terminology and names, I think it was still fairly comfortable to read
+ did I mention Spassov yet?
+ Alice.
- I found the „relationship“ between Kasia and Alexei to be a bit lacking. I know that’s not at all the main point of this book, but it still bothered me a little. This is the part I‘m usually the most picky about in books
- some other scenes also earned an eye-roll from me but it was minor
- while I did say I found the characters interesting, I also did say I didn’t develop any big connections to any of them, which can make it hard to root for them overall if you don’t care all that much
• a neutral point because, as a German, I‘m not sure how I feel about Kvengard with their clear German inspiration and lesser development compared to other regions. You can bet I did a double take when I read „Guten Tag“ in an English book. The written German accents were sort of funny, though I still felt a bit iffy about the whole thing. I can only assume „Das Internet ist für uns alle Neuland.“ has made it’s rounds by now.
Overall, still an enjoyable read and not something I expected. Will probably continue this in the future!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Death, Incest, Blood, and War
Minor: Miscarriage
insanebookperson's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
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