Kym
Some heavy scientific talk presented in a fairly easy to understand package, set against a sci-fi background. The personification of hard sci-fi. I would say that the characters were pretty average, but the scientific imagination brought the whole story up a few notches.
Really enjoyed the Chinese perspective as well.
pretty similar to the book before, but not in a bad way, probably my least favourite as it has lots of filler, but still some good foreshadowing.
Probably two of the most interesting concepts I've ever encountered. The Dark Forest especially.
I love anime, lots. There is a trope where the main character starts off weak and/or cowardly and stays that way for the entire series. I find that annoying. The main character of this book was the same. The worldbuilding was nice.
Freaking amazing ending to the series. It might just be my excitement, but this book was far better than the first, and better than the second. All the questions I had answered, some surprising and awesome wrap-ups of questions in the first two, and an even more in depth look into the magic system of Lev Grossman's world.
Amazing. Storytelling at it's finest. A nice predictable storyline with some good bends.
Oh boy, one of my favourites yet, makes me very excited for the finale, but I feel like a whole trilogy could come after it, so many questions and lore I want built up
Real firefly vibes from this one, with darker undertones, and chrisjen... I love her now.
Turning tropes on their head, love the unique takes on standard fairy tales. Good start to the series.
This sequel definitely was better than the first for me, Quentin was a lot less depressing but his signature personality was still intact, the story moved from a harry potter/Narnian approach into LOTR/hobbit territory and I was introduced into the deep workings of Grossmans' world, which had some really nice touches.
Surprisingly I was halfway through when I realised my approach to these novels had been wrong, that Grossman was indeed weaving a beautiful tapestry of satire from webs of fantasy tropes, I guess a couple of the tropes were too obvious (maybe deliberately so), because I then started taking the book less seriously, almost comically, and even had a giggle a couple of times at the irony knitted into the story.
The last 1/3 of the book was like a bunch of separate rails (some originating from the original book like the H.P. series is want to do), coming together into a fun roller coaster that quickly zips around tying many loose ends and serving a satisfying ending before delivering you behind a curtain into what you thought was the end of the books, but instead was an open invitation into the third entry of the series, for which I can hardly wait.