Emperor of Thorns
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Ratings132
Average rating4
Lawrence brings the Broken Empire series to its devastating conclusion.
The path to the throne is broken – only the broken can walk it.
The world is cracked and time has run through, leaving us clutching at the end days. These are the days that have waited for us all our lives. These are my days. I will stand before the Hundred and they will listen. I will take the throne no matter who stands against me, living or dead, and if I must be the last emperor then I will make of it such an ending.
This is where the wise man turns away. This is where the holy kneel and call on God. These are the last miles, my brothers. Don’t look to me to save you. Run if you have the wit. Pray if you have the soul. Stand your ground if courage is yours. But don’t follow me.
Follow me, and I will break your heart.
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3 primary books7 released booksThe Broken Empire is a 7-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2011 with contributions by Mark Lawrence.
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This book had everything love, betrayal, and brotherhood. I loved it and it really has me excited for his other series set in this world
I quite hope he revisits these characters in the future
I hate but love jorg at the same time. Damn you jorg! You gave me a lot of different emotions through this series and i freaking cried for jorg at the end!
The ending felt a little bit rushed but nonetheless it was fantastic.
Executive Summary: I've thought this series was good, but not great and the final book was no different.Audiobook: James Clamp does another good job here. He does voices for a few characters. He has a good reading voice that's easy to understand with a good pace. I definitely thinks he adds a little something to the book.Full ReviewFrom the start of this series I never really cared about Jorg. That seems to be different from most people as I've seen his unlikeableness cited as the main reason for not liking the series. While I don't dislike him, I can see why people do. My main thing is I don't really care about him. This book was no different.I didn't care about his goals. I didn't really care about the antagonist. To me the most interesting bits were the world building. I want to know more about the creators. I want to learn more about the ghosts in the machines. What happened? What are they planning?I'm hoping the follow-on series digs into that a lot more, because I was sort of disappointed we didn't learn more in this series. I'll probably jump into [b:Prince of Fools 18693743 Prince of Fools (The Red Queen's War, #1) Mark Lawrence https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1385072473s/18693743.jpg 25595312] in the next month or two, as I already own it.Overall I thought this series was fine, but it's easy to see how much Mark Lawrence has grown as a writer when you pick up [b:Red Sister 25895524 Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #1) Mark Lawrence https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1481038440s/25895524.jpg 45777900]. I mostly picked this up to kill time for the second book in that series, and I can't wait for it to come out next week.
Were I able to give this book ten stars I would!
I appreciated Lawrence's overview in the beginning of this book. I have never known an author to give a summary of the previous novels to ensure their readers were starting off on the right foot. Now let's talk about Jorg. To see the progress he has made since Prince of Thorns is amazing. He continues to take impossible odds and turn them in his favor in some of the most unpredictable ways. He is smart, brutally honest and fierce when protecting his family. With the amount of crap he went through in his life, I am amazed he turned out to be a man I admired. Yes he was cruel, he broke the rules, but he did what needed to be done no hesitation and i grew to admire him. Lawrence is an extremely talented author to have created such a complex, intriguing character. Now as for the cruelty part...I can always depend on Lawrence to add a healthy dose of disturbing images in his novels. Sometimes I just want dark and gritty which the broken empire never fails to deliver. This one actually turned my stomach a few times. I do have to say though, at some points I couldn't help but laugh with Jorg's witty comebacks as he caused mayhem. I am sad to see Jorg's story arc come to an end. He is a character I will never forget.
