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vanahian's review against another edition
4.0
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Vamos a darle 3.8
Un primer libro bastante introductorio en general.
La historia y los personajes prometen y el worldbuilding me ha gustado bastante.
Lleva un rollete a "malaz" en el sentido que entras en la historia in media res y hay cierta sensación de sufrir un aluvión de términos y nombres.
A mi personalmente eso no me agobia y me provoca interés por el mundo en sí.
A ver qué tal el segundo libro que tengo ganas que Idris se ponga serio de verdad, entre otras cosas.
Vamos a darle 3.8
Un primer libro bastante introductorio en general.
La historia y los personajes prometen y el worldbuilding me ha gustado bastante.
Lleva un rollete a "malaz" en el sentido que entras en la historia in media res y hay cierta sensación de sufrir un aluvión de términos y nombres.
A mi personalmente eso no me agobia y me provoca interés por el mundo en sí.
A ver qué tal el segundo libro que tengo ganas que Idris se ponga serio de verdad, entre otras cosas.
thiefofcamorr's review against another edition
Katharine is a judge for the Sara Douglass 'Book Series' Award. This entry is the personal opinion of Katharine herself, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of any judging panel, the judging coordinator or the Aurealis Awards management team.
To be safe, I won't be recording my thoughts (if I choose to) here until after the AA are over.
To be safe, I won't be recording my thoughts (if I choose to) here until after the AA are over.
brewergnome's review against another edition
4.0
Nice opening. A creative, well thought out, foreign world. It doesn't "feel" as foreign sometimes as some (Sanderson's Way of Kings comes to mind) but still. The magic system is interesting but I'm not sure how well systematized it is. The mythology/cosmology overall, though, is very good, and the characters are compelling and interesting.
jsun31's review against another edition
2.0
There are a thousand proper nouns in the first ten pages. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but in this case it seems like this was done purely for the sake of being confusing. I appreciate the fact that the author jumped right into the story without much introduction, giving the readers the satisfaction of figuring things out and making connections on their own, but when you name an item along the lines of Hdgsdcdsaeacdtar'Itada'Otadfr without saying that it's literally just a type of sword (not an actual example) or something like that, it seems pompous and unnecessary. Further, almost everything in this novel has three or four different names, all interchangeable with each other so there was no point for it to have three or four different names in the first place, especially considering the fact that a lot of those things have actual one-word English names.
The title of the novel has almost nothing to do with the novel itself.
It's slow. It's not slow because there's a lot of ideas and characters and concepts to sort through. It's slow because of the author's "telling not showing" style of character development, and at times making a few characters (Mari comes to mind) very inconsistent with themselves. For all the effort that the author put into making the novel hard to read, he re-iterates each character's internal struggles time and time again, making it an annoying read.
The title of the novel has almost nothing to do with the novel itself.
It's slow. It's not slow because there's a lot of ideas and characters and concepts to sort through. It's slow because of the author's "telling not showing" style of character development, and at times making a few characters (Mari comes to mind) very inconsistent with themselves. For all the effort that the author put into making the novel hard to read, he re-iterates each character's internal struggles time and time again, making it an annoying read.
marktimmony's review against another edition
4.0
Some books just leave me wanting more.
You know that feeling when you a finish a really good book and you don't want to leave the world it's set in? That any book you pick up after just isn't right because it's not the book you were just reading?
Well that just happened to me.
I love it when that happens! You can read the rest of my review here.
You know that feeling when you a finish a really good book and you don't want to leave the world it's set in? That any book you pick up after just isn't right because it's not the book you were just reading?
Well that just happened to me.
I love it when that happens! You can read the rest of my review here.
joreadsbooks's review against another edition
3.0
I can't say I didn't dislike this book. I did want to enjoy it more than I did. At 450+ pages, there is a lot of words happening per page and not enough moments. Maybe it had been the distance between sections read of the book, but I managed to lose my place in the worldbuilding and lore quite quickly.
That being said, I loved the characters. Mari was so complex in her tough spot as daughter to a power-hungry overlord and someone who believes in the good of the world.
The twist at the end has me wanting to continue the trilogy, but maybe when I have more time to delve into the world.
That being said, I loved the characters. Mari was so complex in her tough spot as daughter to a power-hungry overlord and someone who believes in the good of the world.
The twist at the end has me wanting to continue the trilogy, but maybe when I have more time to delve into the world.
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