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A review by thepaperzombie
The Road to Bedlam by Mike Shevdon
4.0
I read a few of the reviews before I purchased this book on Amazon. Sometimes I wonder why I do that to myself. The reviews sometimes turn me off of a book at first. I'm glad I ignored the reviews and went with my initial feelings.
One of the reviews basically said the main character whines too much. Maybe we were reading different books or maybe we have seriously different ideas for the definition of whining. All I know is this wasn't the case as far as I could tell. Niall goes through some tough times in this book. He's torn between helping his daughter and following his duty. It takes a bit for him to understand that just running off without a plan is a bad way to help his daughter. He was a bit more stubborn that I'd have liked but I suppose when your daughter is kidnapped by a secret government organization bent on ridding her of her Feyre powers and possibly killing her or driving her mad in the process you might be a bit angry about the situation which would undoubtedly cloud your judgement. He could have made some better choices. That's certainly true though he hadn't even finished all of his Warder training and he's still getting used to being Fey so I suppose I can cut him some slack. He's kind of just thrown into a mission with no explanation as to what is even going on or what he's looking for. Not an ideal first mission but in the grand scheme I think he handled things pretty well.
I thought this was a very good follow up to Sixty-One Nails. This is one of the few times I didn't guess the ending before it happened. Honestly didn't see it coming and fooling me is tough. I usually have a book figured out before I'm halfway through but this one kind of stumped me. The ending was enough of a twist that I was surprised and worried about how it was all going to end.
I was very happy with this book. It has less of the issues with format that the first book did but that could be because there was less dialogue. It's well written and the pacing is perfect. Niall really does need to stop forgetting his sword though. There's a missing girl and you leave your sword on your bed? Not smart. It worked out in the end I suppose but it could have just as easily gotten him killed. Again though he's still not used to being a warder. If you liked the first book, you'll like this one too I think. It's a very good follow up.
One of the reviews basically said the main character whines too much. Maybe we were reading different books or maybe we have seriously different ideas for the definition of whining. All I know is this wasn't the case as far as I could tell. Niall goes through some tough times in this book. He's torn between helping his daughter and following his duty. It takes a bit for him to understand that just running off without a plan is a bad way to help his daughter. He was a bit more stubborn that I'd have liked but I suppose when your daughter is kidnapped by a secret government organization bent on ridding her of her Feyre powers and possibly killing her or driving her mad in the process you might be a bit angry about the situation which would undoubtedly cloud your judgement. He could have made some better choices. That's certainly true though he hadn't even finished all of his Warder training and he's still getting used to being Fey so I suppose I can cut him some slack. He's kind of just thrown into a mission with no explanation as to what is even going on or what he's looking for. Not an ideal first mission but in the grand scheme I think he handled things pretty well.
I thought this was a very good follow up to Sixty-One Nails. This is one of the few times I didn't guess the ending before it happened. Honestly didn't see it coming and fooling me is tough. I usually have a book figured out before I'm halfway through but this one kind of stumped me. The ending was enough of a twist that I was surprised and worried about how it was all going to end.
I was very happy with this book. It has less of the issues with format that the first book did but that could be because there was less dialogue. It's well written and the pacing is perfect. Niall really does need to stop forgetting his sword though. There's a missing girl and you leave your sword on your bed? Not smart. It worked out in the end I suppose but it could have just as easily gotten him killed. Again though he's still not used to being a warder. If you liked the first book, you'll like this one too I think. It's a very good follow up.