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beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition
I just can't take any books with dark themes right now.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma
Minor: War
chattie_the_mad_chatter's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
UPDATE (Re-read Dec 2022):
On re-read it was so delightful to be back in thos world, in the snow, climbing mountains learning about the places, culture and people of this fantasy world and most importantly hanging out with characters.
Kamzin is a fantastic protagonists as she feels really grounded and honest. Her family relationships are interesting and relatable with an older sister you love but often are frustrated with and o erlooked by. A lifelong childhood friend where you both have your own struggles and dreams. I really enjoy Kamzin is not Magical in a Magical world but has mountain climbing and navigation skills. I really enjoy the connection and chemistry between Kamzin and River and the mystery around the original expedition plan and the one they ended up with.
Much preferred on the re-read and really enjoyed the sequel.
I recommend reading both closely together.
FEB 2022: I feel I can't judge this properly until I see how things turn out in the sequel to the duology. As I have thoughts and expectations that if they are not met I will think the book misleading with its emotional direction. However if they are then its a huge amount of fun in a mountain climbing Magical adventure to save the world.
On re-read it was so delightful to be back in thos world, in the snow, climbing mountains learning about the places, culture and people of this fantasy world and most importantly hanging out with characters.
Kamzin is a fantastic protagonists as she feels really grounded and honest. Her family relationships are interesting and relatable with an older sister you love but often are frustrated with and o erlooked by. A lifelong childhood friend where you both have your own struggles and dreams. I really enjoy Kamzin is not Magical in a Magical world but has mountain climbing and navigation skills. I really enjoy the connection and chemistry between Kamzin and River and the mystery around the original expedition plan and the one they ended up with.
Much preferred on the re-read and really enjoyed the sequel.
I recommend reading both closely together.
FEB 2022: I feel I can't judge this properly until I see how things turn out in the sequel to the duology. As I have thoughts and expectations that if they are not met I will think the book misleading with its emotional direction. However if they are then its a huge amount of fun in a mountain climbing Magical adventure to save the world.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Minor: Death of parent, Mental illness, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Death
valpyre's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
[audiobook]
My succinct feelings on this are that it basically wasn't as good as I expected.
I definitely enjoyed the world-building and descriptions of the environment as well as the actions of mountain climbing. The characters themselves, though, held little interest for me, and I rarely felt invested in any of them. I did appreciate whenever Kamzin spoke about her family, and her adventurous mother, but honestly, everything felt like it had very little depth. Also a few of the secret twists in the story were generally predictable to me, and I didn't feel any surprise or urgency when they were revealed.
I also don't usually review too much of the actual audiobook production, but right from the start, this narrator had little to no inflection when reading the text (except for dialogue, I guess) and it really broke immersion for me.
My succinct feelings on this are that it basically wasn't as good as I expected.
I definitely enjoyed the world-building and descriptions of the environment as well as the actions of mountain climbing. The characters themselves, though, held little interest for me, and I rarely felt invested in any of them. I did appreciate whenever Kamzin spoke about her family, and her adventurous mother, but honestly, everything felt like it had very little depth. Also a few of the secret twists in the story were generally predictable to me, and I didn't feel any surprise or urgency when they were revealed.
I also don't usually review too much of the actual audiobook production, but right from the start, this narrator had little to no inflection when reading the text (except for dialogue, I guess) and it really broke immersion for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
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