Reviews

The Skein of Lament by Chris Wooding

roseofbattles's review against another edition

5.0

I love this series - the world building is fantastic and while they start out kind of slow moving once I get a little ways into it I can't put it down! Definitely worth reading.

james92's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.25

rain_97's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

etiberland's review against another edition

3.0

If you like fantasy, read everything by Chris Wooding - he will blow your mind! Every world and character he creates is fully-formed and believable and he gets to the heart of things about our world by creating fantastic worlds.

thechronicknitter's review against another edition

4.0

The second book in the Braided Path trilogy.

sequence19's review against another edition

5.0

If you're looking for great writing and an excellent mix of high and low fantasy then this is for you. I loved it throughout. This book, as well as the other two, never really dragged. They kept me turning pages for days and days.

gilsayan's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

kerveros's review

5.0

I'll be honest that this book really only gets five stars by the skin of its teeth. That said, it is a lot better than the first book (which is strange because it was always the first book I liked best before).

This series is really starting to remind me of Game of Thrones, the political intrigue and the changing factions/loyalties especially give me a GoT vibe - this is just for younger people (though considering some of the acts of violence I would argue are on par with GoT not for much younger people).

Despite having rather little page time Asara is once again the most interesting aspect - why has she been working alongside Cailin for so long

and why has she decided to throw her lot in with the Weavers to some extent?

I remember when I first read the series that the latter part of that sentence really shocked me. In a way Asara reminds me of Mishani's father Avun - another plot twist I didn't see coming (and actually kind of forgot in this re-read).

Near the end of this Kaiku did strike me as Mary-Sue esque when she started describing her kana as limitless - if memory serves correctly though the events in the final book negate this.