The Sun and the Void (The Warring Gods, 1)
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So … this will be a little complicated. If I had went with my normal rule of: if the book does not raise my interest at page 50-100, I dnf it - I would have. But since I participated in the readalong that Illumicrate hosted on their Discordserver, I gave it much more of a chance. Did I regret it? I can’t really say to be real honest. And the issue is, I can’t even tell you what exactly it was, that made this book just “meh” for me. I liked that chapter 1 starts right in there with the action, but after that it just kinda fell flat for me. A lot of world building, dozens of names that nobody could keep track of at the beginning and just not that much of an interesting story. There were huge time skips and apparently it wasn’t a big deal cause … nothing happens in the meantime. Also not much during the time you are spending with the characters. Only in the last 150 pages did it get a little more interesting. I did not like many characters, honestly I only really liked one, and while the last page of each pov did invoke a little interest in me, I highly doubt that it will be enough to read book two.
I see fantasy and girls using magic and buy - and I'm rarely disappointed! What I liked: - The world itself. I've never read fantasy set in a world inspired by South-American countries/cultures before and it was awesome to read about it. I also liked the world-building, like the religions, the tinieblas and other creatures/species, although I'm still a little confused on the physical strength of nozariels. - also on that note: the art and the glossary at the end. I know it's random but I'm a sucker for these things - The premise. Two girls who don't really belong desperately want to be free for the first time in their lives and/or find a place they can call home. I thought their motivations were very strong and understandable (why am I so bad with words) - kind of the writing and the characters (more on that later). I liked the prose and the interactions between the characters. My favorites were definitely Maior and Eva (but also, despite not being my favorite, the author did an amazing job at making me like Javier in the end??? I still don't know how she did it??????) The things I didn't like: - Reina. She was a great character with an interesting motivation and I understood where she came from but eh. More specifically, I didn't like how gullible she was. Eva's naivety was realistic, especially when it came to her marriage. But Reina changed her opinion with the wind, it seemed. So much so that it felt unrealistic. She's so caught up in one belief and then someone tells her "uh no, you got it all wrong" and suddenly she's done a 180. And this happened like a dozen times. Like, there was no hesitation, just one person presenting new information to her and suddenly that's her new truth. - writing-wise, I thought some expressions were used too often (cough, fire as a metaphor (?) for pain from wounds inflicted in battle, cough) but that is a minor pet-peeve so not truly a complaint. Still, this was a very promising book, especially the end! I kind of expected it, though the book did manage to confuse me a little bit with Reina changing who she worshipped. I will definitely be reading the next book in this series (it's going to be one, right? I NEED MORE!)
Beschreibung
Beiträge
So … this will be a little complicated. If I had went with my normal rule of: if the book does not raise my interest at page 50-100, I dnf it - I would have. But since I participated in the readalong that Illumicrate hosted on their Discordserver, I gave it much more of a chance. Did I regret it? I can’t really say to be real honest. And the issue is, I can’t even tell you what exactly it was, that made this book just “meh” for me. I liked that chapter 1 starts right in there with the action, but after that it just kinda fell flat for me. A lot of world building, dozens of names that nobody could keep track of at the beginning and just not that much of an interesting story. There were huge time skips and apparently it wasn’t a big deal cause … nothing happens in the meantime. Also not much during the time you are spending with the characters. Only in the last 150 pages did it get a little more interesting. I did not like many characters, honestly I only really liked one, and while the last page of each pov did invoke a little interest in me, I highly doubt that it will be enough to read book two.
I see fantasy and girls using magic and buy - and I'm rarely disappointed! What I liked: - The world itself. I've never read fantasy set in a world inspired by South-American countries/cultures before and it was awesome to read about it. I also liked the world-building, like the religions, the tinieblas and other creatures/species, although I'm still a little confused on the physical strength of nozariels. - also on that note: the art and the glossary at the end. I know it's random but I'm a sucker for these things - The premise. Two girls who don't really belong desperately want to be free for the first time in their lives and/or find a place they can call home. I thought their motivations were very strong and understandable (why am I so bad with words) - kind of the writing and the characters (more on that later). I liked the prose and the interactions between the characters. My favorites were definitely Maior and Eva (but also, despite not being my favorite, the author did an amazing job at making me like Javier in the end??? I still don't know how she did it??????) The things I didn't like: - Reina. She was a great character with an interesting motivation and I understood where she came from but eh. More specifically, I didn't like how gullible she was. Eva's naivety was realistic, especially when it came to her marriage. But Reina changed her opinion with the wind, it seemed. So much so that it felt unrealistic. She's so caught up in one belief and then someone tells her "uh no, you got it all wrong" and suddenly she's done a 180. And this happened like a dozen times. Like, there was no hesitation, just one person presenting new information to her and suddenly that's her new truth. - writing-wise, I thought some expressions were used too often (cough, fire as a metaphor (?) for pain from wounds inflicted in battle, cough) but that is a minor pet-peeve so not truly a complaint. Still, this was a very promising book, especially the end! I kind of expected it, though the book did manage to confuse me a little bit with Reina changing who she worshipped. I will definitely be reading the next book in this series (it's going to be one, right? I NEED MORE!)