Overall good world building; it left some things unanswered which I imagine will be cleared in subsequent books, but I loved the overall setting and world building. I don't think I'm reading the subsequent books, I gave them a try but couldn't really get into it.
Overall: 6.5/10
- World Building: 1.5/2 (Quite liked the setup of space faring necromancer civilization, the general idea behind different types of necromancies, well established differences between physical traits and magical capabilities)
- Characters: 2/3 (I think the one thing that stood out is that the world is inconsistent in the type of characters introduced. They are individually great, but the fact that all of them co-exist in the same world at the same can be a bit jarring)
- Writing: 1.5/3 (Some parts were great - e.g. the initial problem solving. Other parts became hard to track; overall some more polish would have helped)
- Fun: 1.5/2 (I had a ball reading this in the initial parts. However, some bit of extended battles really dragged on with detail which - when you're extremely invested in a series, can pay off, but when you're new to a trilogy, can feel dragged out. Gideon as a character is fun)
Started off well, but I guess it flattened out towards the end. A good read nevertheless.
Gladwell writes well - but treat everything you read here with a pinch of salt, as always. As Perks of Being a Wallflower said - be a filter, not a sponge
