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A review by lillanaa
The Kingdom of Liars by Nick Martell
5.0
This book was received as an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
So this might be one of my new favourite books. Martell is definitely an author on my radar now, this kind of dense awesome fantasy one that I enjoy so much but rarely find ones I can tolerate for the thousand page epics they are. I think the closest I can relate to this book is Brent Weeks' Lightbringer series, which is also like my absolute favourite series so it makes sense that this is one I'm going to be keeping an eye on.
There are a few complaints in other reviews about lack of full on definition for some terms, but I don't feel as though lacking a spelled out description hurt the book in any way. It's easy to interpret what's meant in these situations from context clues, and the magic system was simple but unique with a genuinely intriguing hint at what may be coming in future books partway through. The politics also didn't seem that out there for a general fantasy novel, either, and we're decently easy to follow.
The characters are really neat, too, and although Michael wasn't my absolute favourite, I began to understand that it may not have been his fault partway through the book. He did lose some sympathy from me when he but... That's the only real thing I can complain about, and for a 600 page book that's pretty good.
Ultimately, this is one that I'm going to be thinking about for a very, very long time. I want more, this world is so cool and I love the simplicity yet variation of magic here.
So this might be one of my new favourite books. Martell is definitely an author on my radar now, this kind of dense awesome fantasy one that I enjoy so much but rarely find ones I can tolerate for the thousand page epics they are. I think the closest I can relate to this book is Brent Weeks' Lightbringer series, which is also like my absolute favourite series so it makes sense that this is one I'm going to be keeping an eye on.
There are a few complaints in other reviews about lack of full on definition for some terms, but I don't feel as though lacking a spelled out description hurt the book in any way. It's easy to interpret what's meant in these situations from context clues, and the magic system was simple but unique with a genuinely intriguing hint at what may be coming in future books partway through. The politics also didn't seem that out there for a general fantasy novel, either, and we're decently easy to follow.
The characters are really neat, too, and although Michael wasn't my absolute favourite, I began to understand that it may not have been his fault partway through the book. He did lose some sympathy from me when he
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randomly decided to take a super dark turn and burn down the templeUltimately, this is one that I'm going to be thinking about for a very, very long time. I want more, this world is so cool and I love the simplicity yet variation of magic here.