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Pros
The first book in the bloodsworn saga only has 3 povs, which was nice. The pace definitely picks up the second half of the book and as the 3 storylines converge, the ending was extremely satisfying. Instead of ending on a cliffhanger, ends with a majo... Read More
What an incredible story written in incredible prose with incredible cadence. Will definately start following this author. This book really unfolds itself to the reader.
Cons
This book is horrendous. It's tedious, monotonous and uninteresting. It is so *.
The other is a warrior woman who wants fame and money named elvar. Gwynne's characters are as thin as paper.
There are interesting scenes or bits of worldbuilding here or there but the vast majority of this is mindless drivel. There's not a great indication of season, time, location, etc and it makes it confusing in regards to following along.
Every page is overwritten and chok full of descriptions. The writing reminds me of a college students paper where they got the main point across in the first sentence, then restated it and padded it out with vapid nothings until they reached their 12 ... Read More
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Quality
I am very picky about writing quality and this was done so very well
It’s bloody has great world building and compelling characters
You can smell the scents and the odors feel the ground and the rock and steel taste the ale and stew hear the spears and blades... Read More
Time passed and this book kept popping up i kept seeing great reviews
Price
Not going to lie i bought this book on sale out of curiosity
Packaging/appearance
The cover of the book is beautiful and looks like it should be a game of thrones book
Competitiveness
For those people that rather have books in a series to be the same size the larger book is uscan release and the smaller book i... Read More
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- This product had a total of 7,060 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 16 2024.
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Don’t get me wrong i have always had a fondness for norse mythology but of lately it has been over romanticized or just played to death with cliché
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Time passed and this book kept popping up i kept seeing great reviews
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So i gave in and man am i glad i did
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Phenomenal use of characters and drama
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It is norse inspired but not at all a fantasy trying to be historical
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I couldn’t stop reading and when i wasn’t reading i was thinking about the characters and what their next move might be and how it all fit together
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It is brutally violent without leaving the reader feeling sick or gross
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