Queen of Shadows

6/10

Wow, for some reason it always take a couple of books before I realize how much i dislike a series. I was about to dnf this whole thing multiple times. The characters are bland. Every single scene with multiple male characters is just a bunch of growling. The prose is so unnecessarily intense all the time that when we get to an important chapter that changes the whole story it just feels like anybother dialog. Simply because these people talk to each other like they are in the middle of a battle at all times. So its all just bland.


Then it happened. I read a lifechanging Reddit comment. It said “If you go to McDonalds and expect a Michelin course you will always be disappointed”. I have now lowered my expectations dramatically, and I think I'll be able to survive the series. This is truly the McDonalds fries of fantasy. They are horrible, unless you know exactly what you are getting yourself into before diving in, then they are just ok.

Reading some other reviews of this book on here makes me feel like we read entirely different books. It is insane to me that this book is rated higher than The Return of The King. What are these people smoking?