Jukka

such a fun audiobook read. The stakes are getting higher.
This is a depart from the peaky blinders influence for the most part which is a good thing

Such a blatant peaky blinders copy that I initially did not know what to think about it. The audiobook reader was so great, that it made this book a treat.

Main Character Thomas does too much what the plot needs him to do, be or act. I feel that the character development lacks a bit.

Touching, philosophical, humane: all the things that are wonderful.

Well this really is a legend. Characters just bump into eachother as if there would be no other characters in the universe. Characters are boneheaded, refuse to understand anything if it serves the plot.

Nevertheless its very visual, almost like watching an old kurosawa film with its martial arts and overly dramatised characters

This book is all action, little character. Indeed like watching a Kung-fu movie. I'm not a martial arts friend and I usually love slow paced books. It took me some time to adapt to the pace of this book but once i got into it I started to get into it. I believe this was originally written inthe fifties and therefore was perhaps a bit of cliche, especially what comes to the characters, but a quite solid recommendation nontheless. From me

Most of the novels worked really well.

The Churn, where Amos is involved in the Baltimore crime scene together with his friend Erich, Strange dogs, where we get some inside to Laconia, and Auberon, where we get to revisit Erich were my favourites and will remember the longes

having read the legends of the first empire before this series I'd say this was still very satisfying. I'd love to see the stories in this universe that are set to the futures of where this story ends. Particularly Royces future, the Elves, something tied to Siri and/or the gods of Elan would be fun to read. The magic system is slightly boring where everything just convieniently tends to happen with the help of magic if there is no other way forward. There sometimes is a feel of having to fit every fantasy trope in the world in this series and the story at times has such YA feel, that is enfuriating, but the plot works, the world building works, the characters work. A classical case of “why am I reading this” turning into a page turner.

I'll be back perhaps in this year in this world with the rise and fall books

I liked Circe more but this retelling was enjoyable enough. That being said, I have not read Illiad, it will be on my reading list for next year I should hope.

Unbelievable. This is almost a pure re-telling of history and I realised it in this last book. So powerful. 10/10

Too good. The first book was good, this was better and when the buzz is true, the next one will be fantastic! I can't wait to jump to it!

A history lesson. This series is great. I have not watched the one on Netflix. This is what is great in historical fiction, it makes you google these dudes and places and cultures and then you know a little bit more about humans, history, religion, tradition.. I might have enjoyed the beginning of the series more, simply because of the fact that there simply are no defeats and in every book there is a battle or two.. this invincibility becomes jarring. But great fun nevertheless!

Too. good.

So touching, so straight forward, no nonsense way of delivering the story. I have always felt a pull towards these tragic stories, with dramatic faiths and grimm or bitter-sweet endings. Might be the read of the year for me.

Best narrator ever. The series is entertaining, fast paced and makes you Google history from time to time.

This was so far the best after the short story collections.
Gritty and vivid.

A fictional world resembling our real world and real events. Bysanthine, Hagia Sofia etc. Kay is a masterful writer and this was a wonderful introduction to his works.

One of the audiobooks i've ever heard. Beautiful immersion into the Greek Mythology.

This series does just enough to make me want to finish it. It is a really interesting period in history with murders, assasinations and such. The re-telling is somewhat dry and not focused on action but its still telling the story in a satisfactory manner.

Very atmospheric wintery book with a fairy tale vibe. Especially loving the Slavic and russian mythology. The Narrator was very good with her Russian accent

Might

I enjoy her writing but stuff really start happening when 80 percent of the book is already done. That is, I feel a general problem with Hobb.

4.5... Almost a ten! Not 5/5 because the first book was not quite as great as the latter two.

I enjoyed the Story of Alice and Cedric immensely. I like to root for the underdogs and even though the twists and turns did not come out of the blue, it was in total still enjoyable. Sintara is cool too.

I have loved every one of the 3 books in the rougon-macquardt series so far. Zola writes tragedies in a truly great way. Centering around young lovers Silvere and Miette, a revolution and two branches of the same family competing with each other, reader satisfaction is guaranteed.

Great, yet insanely long trilogy 4/5

Angst, desperation, dark tones. If you like dystopian novels, then this one is for you. In the days of North-Korea, the Taliban and ISIS it makes the story believable.