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A review by astrido
The Sleeping God by Violette Malan
3.0
I really wish I could have liked the story more. The cover is amazing and immediately caught my attention. The book starts out really good and I was happy to have found a little gem. The world building is very well done and kept me going for a while.
Unfortunately, the story begins to loose its appeal after around 150 pages. The plot is okay, if a bit cheesy and even without reading the ending first one can easily guess how the story is going to continue and will finally end.
But the main problem for me was that I couldn't connect emotionally to the story and its protagonists. I had a hard time believing that Dhulyn & Parno are as important to each other as the author wants me to believe. It simply isn't enough to write about a connection - I need to feel it to believe it. Yes, I'm very well aware that this isn't planned to be a love story but a sword-and-sorcery novel. Still, I want to feel an emotional connection to and between the main characters. I need to either love or hate them and. And this simply didn't happen here.
Someone else pointed out that there aren't really a lot fighting scenes and I would agree. Let them fight some more in the next book. I want to see some of the things they are able to do.
Overall, I didn't regret reading the book but I'm a bit disappointed... it could have been done better. However, I will buy the sequel and give Dhulyn & Parno a second chance.
Unfortunately, the story begins to loose its appeal after around 150 pages. The plot is okay, if a bit cheesy and even without reading the ending first one can easily guess how the story is going to continue and will finally end.
But the main problem for me was that I couldn't connect emotionally to the story and its protagonists. I had a hard time believing that Dhulyn & Parno are as important to each other as the author wants me to believe. It simply isn't enough to write about a connection - I need to feel it to believe it. Yes, I'm very well aware that this isn't planned to be a love story but a sword-and-sorcery novel. Still, I want to feel an emotional connection to and between the main characters. I need to either love or hate them and. And this simply didn't happen here.
Someone else pointed out that there aren't really a lot fighting scenes and I would agree. Let them fight some more in the next book. I want to see some of the things they are able to do.
Overall, I didn't regret reading the book but I'm a bit disappointed... it could have been done better. However, I will buy the sequel and give Dhulyn & Parno a second chance.