Iggy
bad. just bad. i was glad it was over. 0 redeeming qualities. all the characters are cunts. fuck sadie and her inability to communicate. fuck sam and his creepy tendacies. fuck marx and his.... oh wait he didnt have a personality except he likes sex. i am going to go play a good game now to take my mind off this trash
i thought the first book was bad but i was like ok first book is going to be shit sure but then it got worse
why the fuck does every woman want to fuck darrow it reeks of self insert
why the fuck did brown make eo pregnant if just to make her death more “tragic” like bro nobody cares about her we knew her for 50 pages
but why the fuck did eo sacrifice herself if she was pregnant? it wouldve been one thing if she didnt want it, but she was clearly excited for it cause she had a whole baby room and crib and shit. she couldve just gotten 40 lashings and lived. but ????? shes like nah i wanna be a martyr. for what reason??? she clearly wanted the kid???? why did she feel the need to die???? im confused????so the book could start ??? idk ??? i dont understand help . theres so much stupid shit in these books
also holy fucking shit is the only good memory darrow has of eo the last time they fucked? Literally the only fucking thing he talks about. Did she have any personality? did he even love her or just love the sex ???
the writing is so fucking shit that i had to reread paragraphs MULTIPLE TIMES to understand what the fuck was happening, and most of the time i still didnt fucking understand
last but not least i fucking hate how darrow the main character, keeps sympathising with fucking rapists. it puts a disgusting taste in my mouth for pierce brown. fuck this book and fuck the author. skip this one
ending COMPLETELY ruined it jewell wants us to think that a 14 year old girl is capable of manipulating a 41 year old man with a WIFE AND KIDS to LEAVE his wife and kids and get with her, sleep with her, marry her, have kids with her, and stay with her. no lol . i understand that it was supposed to be a reveal that josie is a lying shit head but this is just impossible. also all of the characters acting like “what? walter wasnt a pedophile” YES. HE. IS. HE WAS NOT MANIPULATED ITS FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE HES A PEDO AND A RAPIST AND IM TIRED OF THIS SHIT
id skip this one
One of those shitty books where every male chara is a sexual assaulter or rapist because of course. Hot dogwater garbage I wouldn't read more if you put a gun to my head. Also the romance with yennefer made shitty ya romances look like the best romance in the world. Seriously, they know each other for max 2 hours and somehow love each other? Fucking hell
its like a better (straight) six of crows. dont get me wrong, i fucking love six of crows, However i have my problems with it, ESPECIALLY all the deus ex machinas. but in this book, our main characters dont quite get everything handed to them so easily as Kaz and his gang
one thing i did not like , though, were those short “interludes” where its just kinda lore dumping about the world. at the start, the interludes were backstory on locke and the gang, which was great, but when Scott was done with that, ig they just decided to , again, lore dump about the world, which was incredibly clunky especially when shit was going down, chapter end, interlude about this guy named Markos and how hes just the average british citizen when it comes to football. and the whores of Camorr and this throne n shit. just broke up the story when i cared about wtf was going to happen to locke, suddenly im forced to read about this asshole markos. fuck you markos.
anyway, highly recommend especially if you love six of crows.
What the fuck was that shit ass garbage?
slurs galore, extremely sexist, incest galore, roman likes cutting himself because hes edgy. incredible. i cant believe people like this shit
not to mention is writing is so shit ass hot dog water bad i cant fucking tell what is happening most of the time. i had to reread paragraphs often just because of that fuck ass writing. makes me feel better about my own writing
what a fucking gross book for no reason bro
In acknowledgements the author thanks God
My brother in christ god does not like this either
general non spoilery thoughts: honestly, i like priory better than this lol. genuinely shannon needa lay off the pregnancy horror cause this is worse than all the actual horror books i read. i hope if she writes more books in this world, there wont be so much lol i like the world but all that shit just makes me want to die
spoilers for whole book in this review. MEGA CONTENT WARNING: pregnancy horror to the fucking max in this book ! read at ur own risk if you have any sort of phobia. i wanted to kms at some points in this book my guy
first and foremost , Siyu is literally the most useless character i have ever read in a book. holy shit. i wish she fucking died. absolutely useless and unfortunately lives( you have no idea how excited it was when i thought she died near the end bruh). there couldve been better ways to get tunava to see dreadmount erupt and (second time, SECOND, that siyu runs away) bond with canthe. if i had 3 wishes, one of them would be to rewrite this book without that shit head siyu in it :)
second, sometimes i lowkey hate medieval fiction. the law states that glorian cant offically be queen until 18, but apparently they are okay with her being married and having a child at 16. “hurry up and have children useless woman” head ass book
third , atleast with the pregnancy horror in priory we dont have to see though sabrans pov and shes actually like 29 years old. in this book, its literally throughout the entire book and two of the charas that get pregnant are fucking 16 and one of them you read the pov of. yardy know i skip the birthing scene. kill me.
last, like priory, i feel like the last battle was extremely lack luster and thats sad. i enjoyed most of the relationships, but why the fuck did she kill off dumai bruh
WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST READ???? i hate it thanks also my favourite part was when she called the princes dick tiny that was great thanks
otherwise, genuinely, very uncomfortable to read idk if thats my sex repulsion talking or if other ppl feel the same. i didnt understand jack shit ion know its not for me.
also im 90 percent sure there was more r.pe than sex- the tiny dick prince with the DEAD GIRL, the queen to the king once or twice.. like wtf was this book ? is there any reason jesus fuck
ngl at first this was a solid 2 star but that ending made up for it
nevan was an annoying little bitch but i actually ended up liking him at the end
ALSO i thought this was another instance of insta love but TH AN K F U CK it isnt !!!! its pure lust and she fucking kills him at the end 10/10 ALSO lets talk about the fucking scene around page 300 ???? WHY DID THEY START FUCKING PASSIONATLY MAKING OUT LMAOOAOAO AOA?????? HE MOANED AND EVERYHTING WHAT THE FUCK LFAOOAOAODADGAYDGD
all n all i actually loved this book and will b reading the sequel but holy shit it is a WILD RIDE
music listened to: Shadow Temple Theme from Ocarina of Time
time taken to read : 5:12:30
i have many thoughts abt this book...
i feel like the charas, zel in particular ... goes back and forth with their ideals so much ?
for example, one page zel says that all the guards are just thieves and pieces of shit basically and its like ok true but later on in the book suddenly she doesnt want them to die?? example two: inan's entire arc???? this dude was HELLBENT on killing magic but sees zels memories and suddenly is like o thats a bad idea ig like how the fuck did, what, 18 years of brainwashing suddenly ppPoof just because of that? id understand if he hesitated but the way he completely changed over the course of 3 days was so annoying.
second,... i fucking hate insta love and my god its in here two fold its so bad too
example: one of the insta love couple is zel and inan, and.... how???? zel hates amari for the first half of the book bc amari is the kings daughter and the king is a massive piece of hot shit , HOWEVER amari never did anything bad, she was just blissfully ignorant until the day her dad decides to murk her friend. inan on the other hand, is basically their fathers pet, he led the attacks on them multiple times , went over to her village with in intent to kill her and burn it down , killed leksan (well kaea did but inan was chill w/ it ) but somehow zel falls in love with him all bc he has the sudden change of heart and doesnt kill her but frees her from the captors??
honestly i genueinly have no problems with the plot or anything but the charas just , are so badly written? they never stick to one ideal or wtv (for lack of better word, its on the tip of my tongue but i cant remember laymao)
anyway no joke im rooting for zel and amari <3 itll never happen but they literally have 10x10 more chemistry than all the other matchups combined. considering this is a trilogy (or soon to be) i honestly dont understand why the charas had to fall in love so fast making it seem completely unrealistic. especially w/ inan and zel god im so peeved over them
i hope the next books are better with this bc ill still pick up the sequels, again , no problems with plot i rlly enjoyed it and the atomopshere very dark very tragic and sad but the charas ... and ofc the only charas that dont annoy the shite out of me dies bruh LMFAOOOO
music listened to: Sacred Grove from Twilight Princess
time taken to read: 6:50:38
Contains spoilers
extreme middle book syndrome. boring nothing until the last 20 pages when the darkling who ive nicknamed the fuckling (derogitory) finally invaded the castle or wtv
ngl alina and mal , extremely tedious and dull to read all that fuckin back and forth waaa u dont love me u love the other hot guy/girl like oh my lord have mercy shut the fuck up
i cant even say anything else like this shit was just so nothing that im p sure my eyes started glazing over while reading laymao
music listened to: Mini Game - Ocarina of TIme
time taken to read: 4:42:03 !
short n sweet wholesome romance. wasnt terrible, but ive read better. a huge complaint for me would be the conflict at the end that all romance books need, it was terrible lol like i understand mayas reaction but why tf did that damage their relationship?? also sophie fuckin sucks holy shit shes annoying
other than that it was aight
music listened to: Dragon Roost Island from Wind Waker !
time taken to read: 4 hours !
