Ian
this is allegedly a book for adults but if you told me this is YA I'd believe you.
this is allegedly a book for adults but if you told me this is YA I'd believe you.
this was spectacular i wish catholics were real
this was spectacular i wish catholics were real
The pacing of the Ravenor books was... odd. A lot of plot threads come together in the end but most get wrapped up in like five pages total.
The pacing of the Ravenor books was... odd. A lot of plot threads come together in the end but most get wrapped up in like five pages total.
this definitely has middle child syndrome and is bogged down by the prose more than the first
this definitely has middle child syndrome and is bogged down by the prose more than the first
A lot of the same problems from the first book (gary stu ass main character, very little side character development that didn’t come from the stock fantasy trope bin) amplified three times over. You can only read about how Viz is stronger, tougher, blah blah blah so many times before it all just runs together. Still gripping on a page by page basis (for the most part) but I really hope the third book takes a breath or two.
He literally murders the leadership of *his entire world* and it gets brushed past. He watches his best friend die - again! - but our stone hero continues grinding forward, to uhhh meet up with the Big Bad he thought was going to destroy the entire world. Also he gets to see his entire family (and best friend) again yay! Death is meaningless!
A lot of the same problems from the first book (gary stu ass main character, very little side character development that didn’t come from the stock fantasy trope bin) amplified three times over. You can only read about how Viz is stronger, tougher, blah blah blah so many times before it all just runs together. Still gripping on a page by page basis (for the most part) but I really hope the third book takes a breath or two.
He literally murders the leadership of *his entire world* and it gets brushed past. He watches his best friend die - again! - but our stone hero continues grinding forward, to uhhh meet up with the Big Bad he thought was going to destroy the entire world. Also he gets to see his entire family (and best friend) again yay! Death is meaningless!
