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(For some reason, the German translation of the story was split into two books - god knows why. That's why I'm only reviewing the first half of the book here). Since I received the book through a book box (where you don't know beforehand which book you will get), I started the story about Tané, Ead, Sabran and Loth with absolutely no expectations at all. I had seen the book pop up on my Goodreads dashboard from time to time before, but I never looked into the content, only admired the beautiful cover (probably the most beautiful cover of the year - at least in my opinion). At the beginning, I struggled a bit to find my way around the world in which the story is set. In the first four or five chapters, so many places, people (with weird names) and things (such as the religions represented there) are thrown at you that I thought it would take me forever to read the book. But to my surprise, after a certain point you find your way around quite quickly (if you forget the names of a few unimportant side characters right away). I have to say that the story really captivated me. I also think that the writing style is very well chosen - very appropriate for the type of story, but still easy and good to follow. Some things that happened in the course of the story I anticipated, but that didn't bother me at all (for once). Nothing seemed heavy-handed, trite or forced. I am really curious to see how the story continues and ordered the second volume yesterday. "The Priory of the Orange Tree" is definitely one of my highlights of the year in 2020. I really recommend it to everyone - even if you don't usually like fantasy that much (like me).
Apr 16, 2025
(For some reason, the German translation of the story was split into two books - god knows why. That's why I'm only reviewing the first half of the book here). Since I received the book through a book box (where you don't know beforehand which book you will get), I started the story about Tané, Ead, Sabran and Loth with absolutely no expectations at all. I had seen the book pop up on my Goodreads dashboard from time to time before, but I never looked into the content, only admired the beautiful cover (probably the most beautiful cover of the year - at least in my opinion). At the beginning, I struggled a bit to find my way around the world in which the story is set. In the first four or five chapters, so many places, people (with weird names) and things (such as the religions represented there) are thrown at you that I thought it would take me forever to read the book. But to my surprise, after a certain point you find your way around quite quickly (if you forget the names of a few unimportant side characters right away). I have to say that the story really captivated me. I also think that the writing style is very well chosen - very appropriate for the type of story, but still easy and good to follow. Some things that happened in the course of the story I anticipated, but that didn't bother me at all (for once). Nothing seemed heavy-handed, trite or forced. I am really curious to see how the story continues and ordered the second volume yesterday. "The Priory of the Orange Tree" is definitely one of my highlights of the year in 2020. I really recommend it to everyone - even if you don't usually like fantasy that much (like me).
Apr 16, 2025






