A review by orange_flower
King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Significant improvement to the first book. The violence lost a lot of its shock value quality, Jorg doesn’t come off AS edgelord-y, and the plot genuinely had me interested. I liked the characterizations of the road brothers as well.