winters
Interesting mystery and intrigue with twists and turns. But characters are mostly shallow and boring and there is a lot of unnecessary romance. It seems that men and women cannot communicate with each other without falling in love.
Fun quick read with shallow characters (though I liked the friendship) and plot which moves woth rule of cool, not logic.
Liked: atmosphere, exploration, mystery
Didn`t like: unoriginal romance (two characters of oposite sexes and straight orientation can`t travel together without falling in love. Again). Characters felt shallow.
Mystery is not actually a mystery, we know the answer from the beginning and then just watch how MC clumsily stumbles into clues. And he constantly whines how he is not suited for this work (absolutely agree). It is somehow considered ok for MC to prey on married woman because her husband is ill and gentle, not a true manly man like MC. Villain is cartoonish and one-dimensional.
Liked: postapocalyptic fantasy world, situations with no good solutions, Fetch suffering.
Disliked: very slow start
Liked: characters; Central Europe-like setting is refreshing
Didn`t like: to many chopped hands
I think this series should`ve ended on the fourth book. Not enough military action, adventures and intrigues, too much romance and family drama.
Liked: Daniel's relationship with Bran, sense of comfort (yeah, in a horror book)
Didn't like: Deus ex machina
The second book about the veteran of magical wars (some fifty years ago) who with his squire and pages investigates serial murder of boys.
Disliked: romance, some plotholes
Liked: Atmosphere, characters, especially bookish introvert Edwin.
Plot and magic where nothing special, so I'm not interested in the next books.
Didn't like: It just me but I'm tired of represetation of introversion and love for books as a self-defence mechanism. And also tired of some stereotypes in the written gay sex.
Liked: Malachi, Viktor, all twists and turns and intrigues.
Didn't like: Melanna, romance.
It's strange but I think this book should be longer. Too much characters and so many events and I needed more substance and breather episodes.
Liked: Cliopher, his friendship with the Emperor and others. Comfort atmosphere. Wanted to read more about Cliopher`s work but maybe his Grand Project to Reform the Goverment won`t stand up to close scrunity.
Disliked: 'Communists' and 'good' in one sentence. Romance drama (at least it was only for several chapters).
Very annoing I-am-not-like-other-girls heroine, but everyone likes her because she can kick asses. And I`m tired of the trope “good military leader=very good with sword”.
Liked: the first half of the book; language; Taskin
Didn`t like: the second half; Mykkael feels like Gary Stue; the actual ride through Hell`s Chasm is one of the most boring things I`ve ever read; princess is also one of the most uninteresting characters; ending is rushed and unsatisfying; non-original romance