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Light Bringer by Pierce Brown
3.0
dark sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
I’m ready but I’m not ready. 
Random impressions as I read (and listen):
  • Darrow needs to get his head out of rectum. He’s too old for that shit
  • Lysander chapters make me irrationally angry. Like grind my teeth angry
  • Oh Sevro. You are too good for us. Also, please throw out the ears. Ew. 
  • Cassius with the wit! Loving the sass!
  • Can Lyria get a fucking break? Jeez
  • Virginia pulling a Shawshank!
  • Victra is an absolute badass 
  • The double backs and double crosses are masterful in this book- I can’t keep up!
  • Poor Sevro. Not the way he should have found out. Gut punch. 
  • If this is the long game with Lune, I’m gonna be pissed!
  • Darrow you dumb shit. Why do you trust everyone? You are the most gullible man on any planet!
  • Diomedes the dark horse!
  • Look at little Lyria the badass go!
  • Oh Volga. That is not worth the cost of belonging. 
  • Side note: while Lyria is doing all this world hopping, wtf is Liam doing?? He got like 1.5 pages two books ago and went poof outside of the odd mention by Lyria. 
  • You think Lysander, Cassius and Darrow get dizzy chasing their tails all the time? For Golds they spend a lot of time going in circles. 
  • Lysander, you absolute shitheel!
  • What do you mean there’s going to be a book 7!?!?!? FFS. 

Y’all. I am tired. I’m not even fighting in this war and I’m exhausted. The double backs, double crosses and plotting. Gods save me from privileged   men and their ideas of perfection and governance.

Overall, it was okay. I didn’t knock my socks off like the first three books. It felt long and dragging in parts. I was hoping we would be closer to a resolution but it’s starting to feel like that game of monopoly that never ends. It’s a good thing book 7 (?!?!?) isn’t coming out for another year. I need a break from fantasy that’s too close to reality.