I was very excited to read this book, mostly because I had already read "Uprooted" and it was one of the few 5-star reads of 2018! Naomi Novik easily became on of my favorite authors and I had very high expectations for this one as well, especially since people said that it's even better than "Uprooted". Unfortunately, I didn't have the best reading experience, as this book didn't exactly live up to my expectations and to the hype that surrounded it.

Firstly, my problem was that there were way too many important characters and way too many POVs and I felt a little bit lost. I usually prefer one POV as opposed to many, but that's not something that will make me enjoy a book less. In this book, I didn't really know which character to root for and I didn't feel particularly connected to any of them, I couldn't feel empathetic for anyone and also, there were times when certain POVs were very tiring to read, especially Stepon's POV, I had such a hard time reading these chapters.

What I believe is the biggest asset of this book, is the writing. Naomi Novik has improved terribly since "Uprooted", her writing skills really had me in awe and I think it's totally what saved the book for me. Moreover, I liked the way she used the old tales and the Fae, especially how good she handled Fae. Usually nowadays, Fae in books are those super-beautiful creatures with a high sex drive and amazing abilities, but Novik didn't follow this trope and I'm so thankful for it!! She really handled the Staryk well, the passages in their land were some of my favourites.

All in all, I think "Spinning Silver" is a very good book, because it has an amazing technical execution. The writing is beautiful, the story is cleverly constructed, all I would have liked for it to be a 4-star or even a 5-star book, is for it to have less characters, so I could connect with them more easily.