Kribu

One of those books I appreciated more than I actually enjoyed - I appreciate the writing, specifically the way it managed to really convey a specific time, place and characters (I am a bit unsure, honestly, whether I'd consider a lot of them archetypes or stereotypes .. sometimes the line between the two is muddled), and gave me a vivid, almost movie-like sense of the setting, but on the other hand, I really struggled with liking it, mostly because the characters were realistic enough to be all quite unlikeable (and not in a fun way either).

In all honesty, I don't find these books very well written (could be that it's just not coming off overly well in translation, although there isn't anything particularly off with that as such). But I like the setting and the glimpse it offers into the lives of people far away so I guess that as long as I can borrow the next books and not buy them, I can keep going.

I just really can't stand Ari Thór though. Such an unpleasant, unlikeable young man. (I can deal with unlikeable characters well enough in general but it's hard to keep finding the motivation when they're the main character and I half get the impression we're supposed to like him or at least support him.)

Probably more like 4.5 stars but since it's been eons since the last time I found a book really this good, I've no problems rounding it up to 5.

Honestly liking this series a whole lot so far. I hope the third book will live up to the first two.

Quite enjoyed this one.

Well .. that was that, then?

Have to mull this over. Not sure I want to give it a star rating, not immediately anyway.

Actually enjoyed most of it more than I expected, albeit I couldn't remember almost any of the names or characters or references, but not really keen on the ending, so... hmph.