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A review by raygainford
The Kingdom of Liars by Nick Martell
2.0
DNF. After spending far too long slogging through this book, hoping it would pick up and get better, I finally decided to cut my losses.
A lot more world building is needed here. So many elements are introduced and then not address again for a long, long time. So many times I was left thinking “oh shit did I miss an explanation somewhere?”, but no, the reader is intentionally left wondering about the significance of various terms, groups, magic systems etc.
I get that it’s a trilogy and things are probably expanded on a lot more in the sequels, but there’s a big lack of foundation here to go off!
A lot more world building is needed here. So many elements are introduced and then not address again for a long, long time. So many times I was left thinking “oh shit did I miss an explanation somewhere?”, but no, the reader is intentionally left wondering about the significance of various terms, groups, magic systems etc.
I get that it’s a trilogy and things are probably expanded on a lot more in the sequels, but there’s a big lack of foundation here to go off!