Shad M. Brooks
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Allmänna fakta
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- Australian
- Land (för karta)
- Australia
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Recensioner
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Statistik
- Verk
- 2
- Medlemmar
- 68
- Popularitet
- #253,411
- Betyg
- 4.0
- Recensioner
- 3
- ISBN
- 3
I found the first few chapters a little tough to get through. There’s a lot of telling and not very much showing, and the main character is made to talk to himself, like he was addressing the audience, leaving the fourth wall well and truly battered.
Once you get over the main character’s frequent expository self-talk, there is a lot to like. The setting is well thought out, and the world building is well done. The inspiration from Brandon Sanderson is hard to miss, but those fond of Sanderson, that is not a bad thing.
The main character is a bit of a conflicted mess. His quick mood swings from broken, repentant wretch to savage torturer and butcher strains credulity, and when his past evil deeds are discussed, it strains credulity. I found it neigh-impossible to think of the evil “Dayless” and the protagonist “Daylen” as the same person.
And then there’s all the sex talk. Puerile quotes like “Daylen was already sick of the blackened, unprovoked, and rather conspicuous erections he had been getting.” get a bit tiresome with repetition. You wonder why the author found the frequent penis-talk necessary to include, since it doesn’t really add anything to the story. And then there’s all the rape-talk. Most of the evil discussed in the book is centered on rape and rapists getting their comeuppance. And while rape is truly evil, it’s a little weird that it is such a focus of the story and murder, torture and genocide gets reduced to footnotes in comparison.
That all said, the story is engaging and the characters interesting. A good read, looking forward to reading the sequels.… (mer)