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madisonmc 's review for:
House of Sky and Breath
by Sarah J. Maas
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
What the actual dick fest.
Disappointment in this series is an understatement. I felt like I just read Netflix ‘Too Hot To Handle’ but with wings and only one constant female house mate. All the other females in this book only seem to make guest appearances, but that doesn’t prevent us from getting a continual onslaught of knowing just how good their legs, hair, eyes and body are, and how the males would like to sample the goods. Don’t get me wrong love that show, when I feel like watching brain numbing trash… also love smutty romance. But when I’m reading eight hundred pages of what is supposed to be an epic fantasy, I kind of expect a decent, well-constructed plot on top of that.
I nearly really like some of side characters in this book, but none of them where ever given enough depth. Everything was so surface, even moments of ‘vulnerability’ in this book felt weak and shallow.
The entire plot that didn’t even really exist, ended up just fizzling out into nothing fifty chapters in. The plot that developed in what the last 100 pages? Actually, sounds interesting, however the revelation of this plot wasn’t a great twist or shock. Just a massive just a kick in the gut that we wasted so much time to get to it. It frustrates me that the next book might actually be worth reading, since there may now be some characters that have depth that ‘may’ come into play. I find it hard to envision such characters within the same space as the ones in this though.
Honestly S.J.M does have a way of pulling her books back from the pits in the final quarter. And to be fair I could rate this three starts overall, but I can’t possibly, given how sexualized every female was. [ The breaking point was when the triplet fire sprites where revealed, there was no coming back after that, how they were sexualized just killed it for me.
One final note… How many powerful people f*ck in a closest at an important event when everyone in attendance has a keen sense of smell/hearing... sorry?
Disappointment in this series is an understatement. I felt like I just read Netflix ‘Too Hot To Handle’ but with wings and only one constant female house mate. All the other females in this book only seem to make guest appearances, but that doesn’t prevent us from getting a continual onslaught of knowing just how good their legs, hair, eyes and body are, and how the males would like to sample the goods. Don’t get me wrong love that show, when I feel like watching brain numbing trash… also love smutty romance. But when I’m reading eight hundred pages of what is supposed to be an epic fantasy, I kind of expect a decent, well-constructed plot on top of that.
I nearly really like some of side characters in this book, but none of them where ever given enough depth. Everything was so surface, even moments of ‘vulnerability’ in this book felt weak and shallow.
The entire plot that didn’t even really exist, ended up just fizzling out into nothing fifty chapters in. The plot that developed in what the last 100 pages? Actually, sounds interesting, however the revelation of this plot wasn’t a great twist or shock. Just a massive just a kick in the gut that we wasted so much time to get to it. It frustrates me that the next book might actually be worth reading, since there may now be some characters that have depth that ‘may’ come into play. I find it hard to envision such characters within the same space as the ones in this though.
Honestly S.J.M does have a way of pulling her books back from the pits in the final quarter. And to be fair I could rate this three starts overall, but I can’t possibly, given how sexualized every female was. [ The breaking point was when the triplet fire sprites where revealed, there was no coming back after that, how they were sexualized just killed it for me.
One final note… How many powerful people f*ck in a closest at an important event when everyone in attendance has a keen sense of smell/hearing... sorry?