Sara
3.5 stars.
Nel complesso una bella lettura, ma credo che si adatti di più ai bambini.
4.5 stars.
Unpopular opinion: unexpected to me, I really loved it. In its simplicity, everything falls in the right place.
This book is dual-POV told by the two main characters. Asia is a Nefas, a monster feeding on fear, while Silas is a herald, sort of messenger of the gods and he who carries the souls of the dead to their destination in the beyond. They ally together to help each other (Silas wants to get his memory back and Atia wants to get rid of curse inflicted on her by the gods) and discover mysteries of their condition as well.
We have a map (hehe, I love maps) and we see that there is a mortal realm, which is divided into four kingdom, one for each of the four elements, and a divine realm, called Oksenia, divided in districts by rivers. In the mortal realm, also monsters live, like vampires and banshees, all subjected to the laws and punishments set by gods. I would usually dislike mixtures from different repertoires, but in case, I felt it worked pretty nicely.
I also loved the side characters and in general the characters and the romance were very lovable.
The weakest point of this books was its predicability. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the characters, the setting and the magic so much that I didn't mind it too much.
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Very informative and accurate. Many of the recommended plants need high humidity, though.
Either you invest some money in a humidifier or you'd better leave those plants at th garden center.
I am struggling with Calathea, Syngonium, epipremnum, scindapsus, dieffenbachia spp. I have between 45% and 55% rel. humidity indoor (even with radiators on) which is not too bad but these species seem to be very picky about it.
Abandoned at 20%.
I am sorry to say this, but the story did not catch my interest at all. I just found it very plain.
Speravo che il manga mi potesse aiutare di più a capire chi è chi, ma non è servito a molto.
Grafica carina. La storia per sé è interessante ma non mi ha preso molto.
2.75/5
Do tre stelle non perché non mi sia piaciuto il contenuto, anzi, quello fortunatamente mi è piaciuto, ma per il modo in cui la trama e i personaggi vengono gestiti.
Gli eventi si snodano troppo velocemente senza fornire valide motivazioni e senza dare tempo al lettore di metabolizzare il tutto.
Inoltre, non vi è alcun (ulteriore, visto che è il terzo volume) approfondimento dei personaggi secondari già introdotti e quelli nuovi sembrano inconsistenti, nebulosi. Vanno e vengono.
Concludendo, il principale difetto di questo volume è che mancano i “perché”, le spiegazioni. Possibilmente consistenti/valide, grazie.
Proseguirò comunque la serie e spero che questa sia solo una svista.
3 down-with-the-train-wreck-stars.
It is difficult for me to rate this book. On my emotional side, I enjoyed it, but on my rational side, there are still things missing.
Let's start with giving voice to my emotional side. I am surprised that I found myself enjoying being in Dani's head. I have never been a fan of her, but in this book, she has grown up and become more mature. That made me easier to connect with her. It was also nice to have some of the points of view from her to have a comprehensive vision of the overall story and world. I even enjoyed her moments with Shazam (cutie!). And I guess that's all from my emotional side.
Onto my rational side... Let's start with the plot. Basically, nothing solid happens in this volume. Chapter 26 is worth reading to get an overview of the Fae's timeline, told by Christian. The book is more focused on what is happening to Dani. Even though my emotional side enjoyed it, it doesn't seem to naturally fit Dani, if not for forcefully giving her a HEA with Ryodan and Shazam.
Even if I like Ryodan and I am happy that he gets his HEA, I don't feel the chemistry between him and Dani.
When I said that something is missing, I am referring to the what recently happened with Dani/Jada. We know that Dani had a bad and difficult and we got here some flashbacks with her mother, too. However, we do not get any (or very little) information of what happened to her in the Silvers and her coming back as Jada nor her transformation back to Dani. I also think that her relationship with Ryodan was not well-built enough and did not really grow over time. I do not see those characters slowly falling in love with each other as Mac and Barrons did.
3.5 stars.
I have mixed feelings about this last book of the series and the series overall. I have had the feeling, especially throughout the books released after Shadowfever, that the author has created a world that even she herself doesn't know about.
To be continued..
3.5 stars.
I liked this one more than the previous thanks to the larger presence of Harmony and TenSoon. This helped me out to connect to the first era trilogy that I loved so much. I also like Wayne for his craziness and fun. However, I cannot really connect to the other main characters and I am not a fan of western atmosphere, making my reading experience not as involving as I wanted to.
Before writing the review, let's take a step back to the whole story of the year of Sanderson (for me, Sandy), shall we?
this is just an excuse to share my excitement and feeeeels
I remember watching his video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a-k6eaT-jQ) while coming back home from work. At first, I fell for it and thought poor Sandy was so negatively affected by the pandemic that he would take a break from writing, understandably. But after a few seconds, I was so excited about what he did and planned to do. I showed that video to my bf and after we talked about it, we decided to support his kickstarted campaign. we would have loved to receive the hardcovers, but the shipping to Europe and import taxes made up the price of the book itself, so we went for the ebooks. For me, backing his project was about trust. Not all of his books work for me despite their being very original and well-written. I still have the trust that I was about to like whatever he would write.
Now, let's move onto this first project.
...even though I dont know where to start, because this book was so different from all other books from Sandy that I still have to figure out how I feel about it.
The setting
This book is set in the Cosmere and takes place on a planet named Lumar. Its magic is based on aethers which are also mentioned in the Lost Metal which explode in contact with water. For me however it was not clear how the Investiture worked in relation to spore control.
We dont get a map, sadly, but it looks like this planet is rich in sea with scattered islands, as I imagined it. The sea is not quite what we imagine but it's composed of spores and boats float on it. Sandy based this mechanism on fluidification. There's a video on his channel that explains it best.
Each sea has spores, colour and behaviour different from each other.
I enjoyed the original magic system and setting. However, there are still some aspects that are not clear to me and wished they were better explained.
The story
The story is narrated from Hoid's point of view and follows Tress, a girl living on a very small island named Rock, who is in love with Charlie, and sets on an adventure to rescue him.
The narration was fun, but kind of strange. I enjoy the narration type, but the humour and the metaphors did not really meet my taste. I didnt laugh or sometimes i didnt even understand their meaning, probably due to english not being my mother tongue. I also found myself never fully enjoy Hoid's whimsy.
The story had continuously twists, which I didn't see coming. The end felt too rushed and in the middle the pace felt a bit too slow. Overall, even if i dislike pirate stories, I liked this one. I felt for Tress and Huck (the talking cute rat) throughout the whole book. I loved Tress's growth, too. She has changed a lot by the end. Last but not least: the illustrations were gorgeous!
This felt like acute and cosy love and adventure story that i feel recommending to everyone!
Well, usually I am not a comic person, but since thus series provides additional stories taking place after the TV series' episodes and the only format available was comics, I had to go for it.
The promise takes place just after the TV series and it's about the restoration of the four nations after the defeat of the fire lord. Again, we see a very insecure Zuko in front of difficulties, always under the negative influence of her sister, Azula. That's Zuko, the same as in the series. Themes like integration and diversity are dealt with in this volume.
I enjoyed a lot staying in the avatar world a bit longer and see how the world is going to change.