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chloefrizzle 's review for:
The Art of Prophecy
by Wesley Chu
This book took me an absurdly long time to finish. (Yes, it's long, but I gobble up long books all the time; that wasn't the problem.) The problem was that this story never had enough narrative momentum to compel me to start the next chapter.
My video review: https://youtu.be/2Az7lgUH4j8?t=10
The premise of this book is fantastic! We're following:
- A pampered chosen one who has lost his purpose.
- A grumpy old master taking him on as an apprentice.
- A warrior trying to save her newly fallen people.
- A quirky assassin trying to kill them all.
- etc.
But the book is so meandering that I was never really invested in any of these plots. It never felt like they were going anywhere. The character arcs didn't feel like they were going anywhere
The characters stayed mostly the same, and the ending was underwhelming. This book feels like it's lacking even a basic rising-action/falling-action structure, and so everything feels like the same plodding pace interspersed with fight scenes.
The writing is entertaining and witty. The world is lush, with intricate political factions and climates.
Thank you to Del Ray and Netgalley for a copy of this book to review. All opinions are my own.
Merged review:
This book took me an absurdly long time to finish. (Yes, it's long, but I gobble up long books all the time; that wasn't the problem.) The problem was that this story never had enough narrative momentum to compel me to start the next chapter.
My video review: https://youtu.be/2Az7lgUH4j8?t=10
The premise of this book is fantastic! We're following:
- A pampered chosen one who has lost his purpose.
- A grumpy old master taking him on as an apprentice.
- A warrior trying to save her newly fallen people.
- A quirky assassin trying to kill them all.
- etc.
But the book is so meandering that I was never really invested in any of these plots. It never felt like they were going anywhere. The character arcs didn't feel like they were going anywhere
The characters stayed mostly the same, and the ending was underwhelming. This book feels like it's lacking even a basic rising-action/falling-action structure, and so everything feels like the same plodding pace interspersed with fight scenes.
The writing is entertaining and witty. The world is lush, with intricate political factions and climates.
Thank you to Del Ray and Netgalley for a copy of this book to review. All opinions are my own.
My video review: https://youtu.be/2Az7lgUH4j8?t=10
The premise of this book is fantastic! We're following:
- A pampered chosen one who has lost his purpose.
- A grumpy old master taking him on as an apprentice.
- A warrior trying to save her newly fallen people.
- A quirky assassin trying to kill them all.
- etc.
But the book is so meandering that I was never really invested in any of these plots. It never felt like they were going anywhere. The character arcs didn't feel like they were going anywhere
The characters stayed mostly the same, and the ending was underwhelming. This book feels like it's lacking even a basic rising-action/falling-action structure, and so everything feels like the same plodding pace interspersed with fight scenes.
The writing is entertaining and witty. The world is lush, with intricate political factions and climates.
Thank you to Del Ray and Netgalley for a copy of this book to review. All opinions are my own.
Merged review:
This book took me an absurdly long time to finish. (Yes, it's long, but I gobble up long books all the time; that wasn't the problem.) The problem was that this story never had enough narrative momentum to compel me to start the next chapter.
My video review: https://youtu.be/2Az7lgUH4j8?t=10
The premise of this book is fantastic! We're following:
- A pampered chosen one who has lost his purpose.
- A grumpy old master taking him on as an apprentice.
- A warrior trying to save her newly fallen people.
- A quirky assassin trying to kill them all.
- etc.
But the book is so meandering that I was never really invested in any of these plots. It never felt like they were going anywhere. The character arcs didn't feel like they were going anywhere
The characters stayed mostly the same, and the ending was underwhelming. This book feels like it's lacking even a basic rising-action/falling-action structure, and so everything feels like the same plodding pace interspersed with fight scenes.
The writing is entertaining and witty. The world is lush, with intricate political factions and climates.
Thank you to Del Ray and Netgalley for a copy of this book to review. All opinions are my own.