Shan
7.5
An interesting introduction to this franchise that promises a lot, but goes in directions that might have left me feeling slightly unsatisfied.
I was initially worried about the direction the book goes about 30% in, and was worried i was going to get a teenage fiction story, but i put my faith in the writing and wasnt left dissapointed. Though it, in moments feels quite like a teenage fiction story it consistently redeems its lows with absurdly high highs. Intense action moments and dramatic intimite character-driven moments are what the books does best. The writing in this book is genuinely fantastic, and if many other writers were given the same main plot points to play with, im sure this books could end up being another sloppy YA hunger-games type book, but this book evidently proves to us that its not that.
Our main character has quite a lot of conveniences happen to him, but it doesnt take too much from the story.
Overall the book proves itself quite well despite some worries i had when reading, and i still think about the highs of this book. An ambitious and confident, yet sometimes slipping, beginning to a saga.
7.5
An interesting introduction to this franchise that promises a lot, but goes in directions that might have left me feeling slightly unsatisfied.
I was initially worried about the direction the book goes about 30% in, and was worried i was going to get a teenage fiction story, but i put my faith in the writing and wasnt left dissapointed. Though it, in moments feels quite like a teenage fiction story it consistently redeems its lows with absurdly high highs. Intense action moments and dramatic intimite character-driven moments are what the books does best. The writing in this book is genuinely fantastic, and if many other writers were given the same main plot points to play with, im sure this books could end up being another sloppy YA hunger-games type book, but this book evidently proves to us that its not that.
Our main character has quite a lot of conveniences happen to him, but it doesnt take too much from the story.
Overall the book proves itself quite well despite some worries i had when reading, and i still think about the highs of this book. An ambitious and confident, yet sometimes slipping, beginning to a saga.