Two-and-a-half stars, rounding up thanks to the more interesting last third of the book. But jeez Louis, this book was actually quite bad! Let me justTwo-and-a-half stars, rounding up thanks to the more interesting last third of the book. But jeez Louis, this book was actually quite bad! Let me just spitfire some things that were just plain bad writing in this book:
- Why yes, I do want to get a B.S. in fabrial engineering. Navani droning on and on about this made me just zone out. - Why yes, do please tell me again (for the 100th time!) that Taravangian is dumb/smart depending on the day. You did not make this point very clear in the previous novel, so do please repeat it every other sentence when it is a Taravangian chapter. - Why yes, do let every single character suddenly have PTSD and a total problem with what them the characters they had become until that point. I have no problem with mental health as a topic, but come on, everyone? - Editing. This book could easily cut 400 pages and still contain 98% of the content it told. I mean, what really happened in this book? How was the story actually driven further? Most of this could have been covered in half a dozen chapters. I listened to the audiobook, which damn near 50 hours!
Really, Sanderson is already known to be quite formulaic, but this book felt like a tick-the-box session on steroids....more
Amazing how a book can be so well written, yet is so boring, and so long, yet contain no story. Someone please explain me what is so great about this Amazing how a book can be so well written, yet is so boring, and so long, yet contain no story. Someone please explain me what is so great about this book?...more
Though not the best in the series, it being rather anti-climactic, it cannot be denied that N.K. Jemisin is a fantastic story-teller and the series asThough not the best in the series, it being rather anti-climactic, it cannot be denied that N.K. Jemisin is a fantastic story-teller and the series as a whole is a landmark in fantasy literature....more
Still great, still want to read the 3rd, but suffers from the typical ''part-2-in-a-trilogy''-lag. Not as captivating as the first and, in a way, withStill great, still want to read the 3rd, but suffers from the typical ''part-2-in-a-trilogy''-lag. Not as captivating as the first and, in a way, with fewer characters....more
Well, I guess I've got a new addiction now! Without a need for spoiling, this was a wonderfully unique fantasy novel. No big twists or reveals (thoughWell, I guess I've got a new addiction now! Without a need for spoiling, this was a wonderfully unique fantasy novel. No big twists or reveals (though I have a feeling that will come), but a highly original manner of delivering the character perspective, an interesting ''magic'' system and some amazing world-building. Lucky me, the entire trilogy is already out!...more
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