A dozen or so unmemorable characters with a disjointed intro but it's the genre,
This review is from: TWO HEADS TWO SPIKES (The Pearl of Wisdom Saga Book 1) (Kindle Edition)
I'm not a fan of Game of Thrones, have never seen an episode, but that being said it was the first thing I thought of while reading this. I much prefer first person narratives, and trying to follow a dozen or so non-protagonists around was difficult for me. The beginning particularly was difficult, since it seemed in and out of the present tense. When someone is swinging a sword and paused in mid-swing to contemplate a seemingly irrelevant impression from a past experience that might not even have happened it slows down the flow of the book considerably.
Once you get in about a hundred pages the pace picks up a bit and the characters have been introduced to it's a much easier read. I can't say that any of the characters stood out as "I hope they manage to survive" so we'll see if that's intentional and they all die a miserable death, like the disposable despicable characters in a Jason movie.
There is a bit of semi-descriptive sex in the book, and what was there seemed really negative. Just a warning to the more sensitive among readers. If you're looking for hot positive sex, it's not here. I have book 2 in my queue and will be getting to that in the next few weeks.
Disclaimer: I was given a copy for reviewing.
Once you get in about a hundred pages the pace picks up a bit and the characters have been introduced to it's a much easier read. I can't say that any of the characters stood out as "I hope they manage to survive" so we'll see if that's intentional and they all die a miserable death, like the disposable despicable characters in a Jason movie.
There is a bit of semi-descriptive sex in the book, and what was there seemed really negative. Just a warning to the more sensitive among readers. If you're looking for hot positive sex, it's not here. I have book 2 in my queue and will be getting to that in the next few weeks.
Disclaimer: I was given a copy for reviewing.
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Ok, so I have a few author friends on Goodreads and one day I'm asked if I want to review a couple of books. It's not my favorite genre, but okay, I'm stuck commuting by train for an hour a day with nothing better to do, and I'm running out of books. In the book, I kept thinking "Game of Thrones" and I've never even seen or read one. Okay, so a lot of other reviewers agree.
It's a bit disjointed, especially at first, and the action takes a lot of breaks while the protagonist-of-the-second has some flashback sequence. The sex makes you think that someone really dislikes sex. I so much prefer first-person past-tense. Alas, not to be. But if you are a Thrones fan, and love a lot of stuff going on all at once, and thrive on the whole "who will survive" thing, this is pretty good after it gets past the rocky start. I've got Book 2 in the queue, so I'll let you know how it goes. I will read it. Can't beat the price either.
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