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A review by scent_of_the_rain
Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
4.0
This time I will start with the things that I didn’t like about this book. First of all I need to put a disclaimer here: In this book there is child sexual abuse, on page, it happens in flashback so it's not very detailed but if you are someone that may be triggered by this, keep it in mind please. That’s one of the things I didn’t like and the other is that someone has cheated on his wife in this book and even though is not entirely out of character I’m still disappointed. And I didn’t like both of this things is because they didn’t add anything to the plot or character development. If they weren’t there nothing would change, a part of me liking the book more. I’m fine with that kind of thing (in a book obviously) as long as it serves some purpose.
And now to the things I liked… pretty much everything else. The characters and world were written splendidly, nothing new there. And the twist (that saw coming pretty much from the start of this book, with all the not so subtle references to that one character, but still enjoyed very much) was great. The ending heartbreaking but I think it couldn’t end any other way. And the last chapter made me bawl my eyes for hours. I was crying even in my sleep. I was a wreck the next morning.
Miana, as always a badass. But the most surprising and marvellous thing was Rike at the end. This whole series has been an roller-coaster of emotions and enjoyed it so much I actually considering reading the Mark Lawrence’s Red Queen series.
And now to the things I liked… pretty much everything else. The characters and world were written splendidly, nothing new there. And the twist (that saw coming pretty much from the start of this book, with all the not so subtle references to that one character, but still enjoyed very much) was great. The ending heartbreaking but I think it couldn’t end any other way. And the last chapter made me bawl my eyes for hours. I was crying even in my sleep. I was a wreck the next morning.
Miana, as always a badass. But the most surprising and marvellous thing was Rike at the end. This whole series has been an roller-coaster of emotions and enjoyed it so much I actually considering reading the Mark Lawrence’s Red Queen series.