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oliverlang
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I loved it! Immaculate world building. The nuances of cultural differences and language was spectacular. Everything from the description of the sky to being within the throws of battle was well written, descriptive and gripping. I'm really looking forward to reading the second and third books.
"It was a murky morning. The sun had probably just about hauled itself over the horizon behind the clouds that rolled in overnight, but at the moment was doing about as much work as the rest of Black Keep "
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
informative
medium-paced
A really good and helpful, comprehensive software agnostic textbook of VFX practices!
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I feel like I may have done this book a disservice by reading it after having already read The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller and also A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes. These both detailed the events of the war at Troy from Patroclus' perspective and the women of Troy's perspective respectively, and were incredible pieces of storytelling.
I feel like had I not read those first, I may have enjoyed this book without their influence but I just found myself annoyed at several details in Barker's book, namely the portrayal of Patroclus' character/personality.
I was really interested to read this series of events from Briesis' perspective but found it lacking, underwhelming and the modern(read: British)isation of the language frustrating.
If you're looking for a five star read, I strongly recommend the aforementioned works but sadly I cannot say I enjoyed this adaptation.
I feel like had I not read those first, I may have enjoyed this book without their influence but I just found myself annoyed at several details in Barker's book, namely the portrayal of Patroclus' character/personality.
I was really interested to read this series of events from Briesis' perspective but found it lacking, underwhelming and the modern(read: British)isation of the language frustrating.
If you're looking for a five star read, I strongly recommend the aforementioned works but sadly I cannot say I enjoyed this adaptation.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail
emotional
reflective
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Drug use
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Colonisation, Classism
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I found this one quite hard to get into at first but I think that's just down to the world building growing pains that generally comes with fantasy books.
The chapters undulate between 2 different characters throughout the book and at first it was confusing to pin down which character was where doing what but by the end of Part I it got easier and I found myself invested in the story and compelled to read more.
The writing style wasn't my favourite but it stopped grating on me as the book went on and actually fitted the feeling of the book. I appreciated that this wasn't a romance centric story and any parts that did illude to feelings weren't icky.
I'll probably read the next one! Would be interested to see this as a TV series.
The chapters undulate between 2 different characters throughout the book and at first it was confusing to pin down which character was where doing what but by the end of Part I it got easier and I found myself invested in the story and compelled to read more.
The writing style wasn't my favourite but it stopped grating on me as the book went on and actually fitted the feeling of the book. I appreciated that this wasn't a romance centric story and any parts that did illude to feelings weren't icky.
I'll probably read the next one! Would be interested to see this as a TV series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I read this book a number of years back and had forgotten most of it so I re-read it. I enjoy the plot of it but the awkward broody romance ruins it for me.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Hurray for older queer(gay & bisexual) characters!
is this bury your gays in reverse? 🔁
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder