Michael

Predictable, felt like YA with cussing

Revisado: 04-16-21

I found way to much of the story to be predictable. Characters act exactly as you think they will, felt a bit flat. All foreign characters seem driven by a vague desire for glory that honestly makes very little sense as a character motivation. It's almost as lazy as saying "they're just evil for reasons". Further, it feels like a lot of characters have plot armor. Tons of improbable escapes. Multiple times during big fight scenes, characters just stop fighting and have some sort of drawn out dialog while the "battle rages around them". Honestly it felt like a YA novel, but with more violence and plenty of swearing to fool you into thinking it's grimdark. From a performance standpoint, the reader was pretty good, but lacked real emotion in any of the scenes were characters are yelling. It sounds like someone imitating someone yelling instead of actually being an actor and performing it with some emotion. In short, he's no Steven Pacey.

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Sounds like the first audio book ever recorded.

Revisado: 11-30-20

Book itself is great, like Asimov always does, but narrator makes it hard to bear.

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Fantasy political thriller?

Revisado: 09-20-20

The way Daniel Abraham translates the principals of banking and government in his fantasy world is brilliant. Coupled with likeable characters and solid action, this is a fantasy series I'd recommend to anyone.

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Great grimdark

Revisado: 09-12-20

I'm a big joe Abercrombie fan, and this reminds me of that. There's no replacing abercrombies action scenes, but abrahams characters are well written, and the world building is excellent. i would recommend this series.

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