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The world is getting complex here ! I think the main reason why some reviews are so mixed is the fact that we are not at all in the same postulate as the first book. You have to accept being a little shaken.
This was an incredible addition to the first book. I loved getting to spend some time with Vis again (and this time there is three of him ??? Great !).
I am still mad about Aequa’s death, which I still find pointless ; I understand why that has been done from a writer’s perspective, but I am sure there was another way to do this without taking away on the best and most developed character of this series. Also at the very end, adding Vis’ mother and sister, as well as Callidius ? That takes away some of the stakes, even if I am aware they are iunctii, and not really alive again. We spend some such of the book in the memory of their death, it feels a bit pointless now.
I did not have issues with the pacing. You have three worlds discussed in one book, of course the pace is going to be cut off at some point. I loved the little moments that reminded us of the Synchronicity, that really helped bringing this "multiverse" together.
We are really upping the violence, the grim and the gore in this one : the world is getting bleaker and bleaker. But I like those almost impossible odds. Like sure, let’s go kill a god. I’m on board. Can’t wait for book 3 !
The world is getting complex here ! I think the main reason why some reviews are so mixed is the fact that we are not at all in the same postulate as the first book. You have to accept being a little shaken.
This was an incredible addition to the first book. I loved getting to spend some time with Vis again (and this time there is three of him ??? Great !).
I am still mad about Aequa’s death, which I still find pointless ; I understand why that has been done from a writer’s perspective, but I am sure there was another way to do this without taking away on the best and most developed character of this series. Also at the very end, adding Vis’ mother and sister, as well as Callidius ? That takes away some of the stakes, even if I am aware they are iunctii, and not really alive again. We spend some such of the book in the memory of their death, it feels a bit pointless now.
I did not have issues with the pacing. You have three worlds discussed in one book, of course the pace is going to be cut off at some point. I loved the little moments that reminded us of the Synchronicity, that really helped bringing this "multiverse" together.
We are really upping the violence, the grim and the gore in this one : the world is getting bleaker and bleaker. But I like those almost impossible odds. Like sure, let’s go kill a god. I’m on board. Can’t wait for book 3 !