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A review by galacticvampire
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
adventurous
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
2.5
Art is not one great act of creation, but many small ones. [...] All you see, in the end, is what I want you to see. Such is politics.
The last 200 pages were surprisingly interesting, which makes me wonder what in the world happened to the other 600.
The world building was amazing, but the plot took too long to actually start and I found really difficult to care about most of the characters. I've faced this problem with both Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, so it's plausible that the epic fantasy writing style just isn't for me, but Priory was so predictable in every single plot-twist and turn that I wouldn't dare to compare to the previous two in anything other than the ordeal that is to milk away the story from the stalling of descriptions and alternating points of view.
The world building was amazing, but the plot took too long to actually start and I found really difficult to care about most of the characters. I've faced this problem with both Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, so it's plausible that the epic fantasy writing style just isn't for me, but Priory was so predictable in every single plot-twist and turn that I wouldn't dare to compare to the previous two in anything other than the ordeal that is to milk away the story from the stalling of descriptions and alternating points of view.
Content Warnings
Minor: Incest, Rape, and Suicide