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Disgusting

Total
1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-29-22

Do not read it. I can only enjoy the series if I ignore this book. The rape scene in the previous book was bad enough, but the stuff in this book is much worse.

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Author lost the plot completely.

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2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-24-22

The first book lingered to long in one place, but the sequel just wandered off to nowhere in particular. We’re 2/3 of the way through the series and still don’t get any answers to the questions hinted at in the first 10 mins of the first book. It drags on so badly that Kvothe’s vendetta starts to feel childish and Dena starts to seem like far more trouble than she’s worth.

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It’s like Conan, but less racist and sexist

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-05-22

Great to see a Bronze Age setting with such great archeological research behind it. It’s also great to see someone talking about Indo-European culture without being a low-key white nationalist (looking at you, Survive the Jive). Only annoying part is perpetuating the stupid trope that bows are girly weapons.

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Very long, adequately entertaining, and ultimately mediocre

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 09-26-21

The premise has a great deal of potential, but the author’s weak historical knowledge dooms his world to a bland eurocentrism. His misunderstanding of the few Chinese characters’ culture is laughable (he genuinely thinks that katanas and kendo are Chinese). The book is too long and has too many characters—most of the middle third of the book could be cut out without much loss. The premise also opens up discussion of transgender themes, but these are never explored. The author’s position of religion is also a puzzler: he talks about how terrible the Luddite colony’s engineered religion is and how it needs to be replaced by “real” faiths from the home world, and yet the colony’s religion is virtually identical to Catholicism barring a few superficial details.As a miscellaneous niggle, a polity ruled by a prince is called a principality, not a princedom.

Despite all of this, however, I did enjoy the book, though I won’t continue in the series. The characters and their interactions are genuinely interesting and nuanced, as is the maritime-themed struggle of liberalism against reactionism.

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Nothing to get invested in

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2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 07-12-21

At no point in the story did I feel any sympathy with any of the characters I was supposed to be rooting for. Sylveste is a washed up narcissist blown about in a political struggle with little relevance to the story; Volyova is a sociopath in a crew of sociopaths so jaded and cynical that it’s a miracle they manage to function at all; and Khouri doesn’t appear to have any personality at all. Even the little areas that could build sympathy—Sylveste and Khouri’s marriages—are strangely bland and bloodless. I just didn’t care whether anyone in the narrative lived or died, and the setting was not given enough attention to make up for this.

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Miéville does not tolerate satisfaction in his audience

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4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-01-21

This book taught me that I need to break up with China Miéville as an author as badly as Cutter needs to break up with Judah Low as a lover—and for the same reason: he’s uncaring and self-righteous, and I love him.

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