Reviews

Malice by John Gwynne

thescottishguythatreads's review

5.0

What an amazing book. The first 50% is slow and very character driven which pays of massively in the second half. Its been a while since ive been so engrossed in the outcome of battles and schemes even for secondary characters! Can not wait to continue with this serious

kevin_dis's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

balfa76's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

23harryb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.75

alesia_karch's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

nightsong0123's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

joelpegram's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

paisans's review

5.0

This is the strongest start to a series I have ever read. You become so involved with all of the characters. I will admit all the different characters had me confused it the beginning. But I caught on.

I never thought I would enjoy a fantasy without romance, but this book touches on so many important relationships.
Parent and child, siblings, friendships, relationships with pets. I cannot wait to read the rest of the series

veraann's review

5.0

A great fantasy debut book. It is not a light read and does have some gruesome parts. This book follows many different character PoVs and is highly character driven read. A prophecy, A battle of good vs. evil but who is good, who is evil and who is just being used? Very nice pacing for a first book that is trying to build the character and the world surrounding them while leaving a reader wanting more.

laviestbelle's review against another edition

I'm just not in the mood to read high fantasy.