A review by aspiralingreader
Der Orden des geheimen Baumes - Die Magierin by Samantha Shannon

slow-paced

2.5

On page 314 of the german hardcover version, we find this:

Er trug einen mit roter Seide und Hermelin gesäumten Umhang, der zu dem Gewand seiner Verlobten passte. Er war mit roter Seide und Hermelin gesäumt, und ein Wams mit goldenen Knöpfen.

I don’t know whether it’s the fault of the translation or the original, but the writing is stilted and distancing, not immersive.

I didnt’t connect to the characters, the plot was meandering and, althought it had the audacity to sprawl over so many pages, also very predictable and not well paced. The first 100 pages were the most boring string of words one could image.
The worldbuilding had some nice elements, but seemed a bit naive and shallow at the same time.
I enjoyed the absence of some horrendous and overused fantasy-tropes though.