Breanne
If this doesn't get a sequel I'm gonna be bummed. This was a great little read. Not as sapphic as I thought it was going to be. But I really enjoyed this. A fun ride.
This was so fun, I'm actually sad it was so short. Loved the characters, loved the relationships. Bummed at the bittersweet ending. If Wilson ever wanted to write a sequel I'd eat that thing up.
This was okay enough. I do want to read the second book so I guess that's a good sign.
I feel bad giving this a one because the representation is great but I did not enjoy reading this.
The exposition dumps were pretty hard to get to and I didn't find myself attached to any characters. Also after finishing the Farseer Trilogy I'm in a bit of a fantasy slump. I think I might come back to this with an audiobook so I can get through the beginning faster.
Honestly I didn't like this book very much. When I heard there were novels in development about Kyoshi I was so excited to learn how this woman became the person who established the Dai Li, killed Chin the Conquer, and advised Aang to kill Firelord Ozai. I loved the first book, I felt like it established Kyoshi's story brilliantly but this second entry just felt like a filler episode. And to hear that this series is probably just a duology really bummed me out. Obviously it's up to the author's discretion what subject matter they choose to tackle but to not even come close to covering the most interesting and purposefully vague aspects of Kyoshi's life? Kind of a let down. I also felt like the pacing of this book was lacking compared to the first. There was a beginning and ending but it didn't really feel like there was a middle. This is probably the one time a book would have benefitted from an extra hundred pages or so.
I don't really like giving bad grades to media if I can't pinpoint what exactly I didn't like or what exactly I'd change to make the story better. In this case I'm a little lost at what to say. I enjoyed reading the book to an extent but it was left incredibly unsatisfying by the end. I didn't really like any of the characters and felt they didn't have much development throughout the story. Additionally I think the blurb is not an accurate representation of what the book is about. Really puzzled why people adore this book so much.
If this doesn't get a blockbuster budget miniseries adaptation in the next 10 years I'm gonna riot.
Edit: Upon further thinking, this is my favorite book I've ever read. It's so good. Can't wait to go back and reread. Hopefully we get the next installment sooner rather than later.
This book was disappointing. There was a pretty obvious theme floating throughout the book that Wilson refused to address: Izzy's relationships with father figures. Izzy has not one but two problematic relationships with older men and the fact that these relationships are problematic (one of which is criminal) is not addressed at all. I think the book could have been really interesting if it had delved deeper into those relationships and paralleled them to her relationship to her father but unfortunately we never got any of that. Also I thought this book was going to be way more culty than it turned out to be. Again, very disappointed.
Also Wilson sort of touches on how this upbringing could actually be bad for the kids which too would have been really interesting. But then it's never addressed either! This book had no real conflict or nothing interesting to say. I would not recommend it to anyone tbh because there's no actual substance here. It's just a thing that happened. If a lit professor were teaching this book they'd have nothing to lecture on!
This started with a great premise but got kind of repetitive. I kind of hated where this books ends and I don't know if I want to read the rest of the trilogy. I'm curious about some other characters but I don't particularly care about the main plot anymore.
Edit: Just found out she wrote this at 19. Let's normalize holding on to your first manuscript until you at least graduate college. For God's sake, this could have been so much better with an extra couple years of tinkering.
This was okay. As someone who has read A Song of Ice and Fire it's kind of hard to really enjoy books that don't have the same level of planning. That being said this was a quick read with fun characters. The love story was cute but not as well crafted as I hoped.
It was pleasant enough. The ending felt a little abrupt especially considering how long it took for the book to find its footing. But I enjoyed it.
Side note: Can we, as a society, please use quotations in literary fictions books. This habit of not using them is so annoying and hard to keep track of. I'm tired of it! I don't care if it's a metaphor for stream consciousness writing, it's annoying!!
It's kind of weird to rate this book cause it's written like a non fiction account of fictional events but I mostly enjoyed it. It definitely dragged in parts when it read more like a history textbook but the world building was cool. Looking forward to the rest of House of the Dragon!
Robin Hobb you mad woman! This trilogy was so good. I don't think I've ever felt so strongly for a character as I do about Fitz. That pathetic man is my friend! I almost don't want to read the Liveship trilogy because I know I'm gonna miss Fitz so much but I trust this series is probably way too good not to finish.
Idk how I'm gonna enjoy the Live Ships trilogy, I love everyone here so much. This was really slow around 200 page mark but once it picked it up I really enjoyed it.
Robin Hobb I have beef with you. The last 70-ish pages of this book is where everything really starts clicking. Up until that point I didn't really connect with any character nor did I really enjoy where the story was going. But those last 70 pages? Fantastic stuff. This book DRAGGED and I was not looking forward to continuing the trilogy. Just gimme Fitz back! But the ending made me excited for the rest of the trilogy, though I still really do wanna check in with my baby Fitz. I still think this book could have been about 300-500 pages shorter but I'm hoping the rest of the trilogy will justify this one's excessive length.
