Nick
Took me a while to get into this book for some reason. I think it was because I was hot off the ending of The Farseer Trilogy and this book was so different. Completely different characters, different setting, and about pirates, not Fitz and the Fool. Once I got into it though I enjoyed it.
I am still getting used to multi-POV books. Each chapter in this is told from a different characters perspective (and even some splits in the chapters from other characters POV). There were some characters and parts of the story that didn't seem to make sense or fit in but I trust that it will be revealed in books 2 and 3.
Didn't really care about the main character for the first half of the book. Once she finally had to go through some struggle I started to like her a bit more. There are other characters that I really do not like but I see that they are going to be important later in the story.
The main villain I am torn on. This book doesn't really give any motivation for why he is the villain but I have heard that it is fully fleshed out later and that he becomes one of the most well-written characters in the entire Elderlings series. I hope that is true.
Took me a while to get into this book for some reason. I think it was because I was hot off the ending of The Farseer Trilogy and this book was so different. Completely different characters, different setting, and about pirates, not Fitz and the Fool. Once I got into it though I enjoyed it.
I am still getting used to multi-POV books. Each chapter in this is told from a different characters perspective (and even some splits in the chapters from other characters POV). There were some characters and parts of the story that didn't seem to make sense or fit in but I trust that it will be revealed in books 2 and 3.
Didn't really care about the main character for the first half of the book. Once she finally had to go through some struggle I started to like her a bit more. There are other characters that I really do not like but I see that they are going to be important later in the story.
The main villain I am torn on. This book doesn't really give any motivation for why he is the villain but I have heard that it is fully fleshed out later and that he becomes one of the most well-written characters in the entire Elderlings series. I hope that is true.
It took me a while to get into this book. I don't know why. It really is everything I love in a fantasy book. I did finally get into it and wow what a ride it was. Robert Jordan is definitely great at world building. The characters were all very well written; full of doubt in themselves and of their path but they persisted on.
Overall, I really enjoyed this and am eager to get on with the rest of the series now. I have heard that it starts to lag quite a bit midway through but picks back up around book 10 or so.
It took me a while to get into this book. I don't know why. It really is everything I love in a fantasy book. I did finally get into it and wow what a ride it was. Robert Jordan is definitely great at world building. The characters were all very well written; full of doubt in themselves and of their path but they persisted on.
Overall, I really enjoyed this and am eager to get on with the rest of the series now. I have heard that it starts to lag quite a bit midway through but picks back up around book 10 or so.
This definitely was a different book from the first. It was more of a political intrigue where the first was a heist adventure. This book builds well on the first and introduces more lore. We get to see characters grow and learn what their roles are.
I enjoyed this quite a bit. 4 stars.
The ending was a nice twist. Looking forward to book three.
This definitely was a different book from the first. It was more of a political intrigue where the first was a heist adventure. This book builds well on the first and introduces more lore. We get to see characters grow and learn what their roles are.
I enjoyed this quite a bit. 4 stars.
The ending was a nice twist. Looking forward to book three.
