orpheuus's Reviews (928)

Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi, Vol. 2: Prisoner of Bogan

John Ostrander

3.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I liked this a bit better than the previous volume. Still a fun adventure and look forward to the conclusion.

Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi, Volume 1: Force Storm

John Ostrander

3.25

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A cute little adventure. I enjoyed it.

Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void

Tim Lebbon

3.0

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

First in my Star Wars Legends-A-Thon and it’s an okay book. Fun enough but the constant back and forth with the flashbacks got annoying after a while and the mystery was not explained and probably won’t be explained since Disney got its hands on the franchise soon after this was published so this is no longer canon. What a shame.

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It’s taken me years to finally read through the book and I am most pleased with myself for doing so. This was a heartbreaking and lovely version of the book Iliad and the ten years, almost as long as the Greeks sat on that beach, Mrs. Miller took to create this novel was well worth it. A triumph.

Vinland Saga, Volume 2

Makoto Yukimura

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Another great set of volumes. It's getting up there as my favorite manga.

These Violent Delights

Micah Nemerever

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Slow, deliberate but haunting. This took me months to read but I'm glad I read it. Gave me a lot to think about. Oddly vague with the ending details so I had to look up what actually happened.