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3.0
I don't mind a classic amnesia trope. It serves as a great excuse to review the basics of a new world without exposition dumps. In this case, the subject of the mind wipe seems strangely calm about the whole experience... a fact that is explained later. This leads the reader to be a little detached from the story. I did enjoy the idea of deducing what sort of person you are from your reflexive actions.
The magic system was largely left on the shelf for most of the tale but by the end, I was very impressed. It had a cohesive and mostly understandable structure.
However, on the whole, I found the story to be pretty forgettable. The writing was high quality but it was missing an essential emotional spark.
The magic system was largely left on the shelf for most of the tale but by the end, I was very impressed. It had a cohesive and mostly understandable structure.
However, on the whole, I found the story to be pretty forgettable. The writing was high quality but it was missing an essential emotional spark.
anatoli's review
4.0
The reader is dropped into the story just like the main character is dropped into the world. The story follows the initial character try to pick up his life with no memories about where he came from or how he arrived in this place. Who is he? Is he the god in chains? How did he end up in the place the story starts? These are the kinds of questions that A God in Chains, by Mathew Hughs, triggers in the reader.
Our protagonist starts to rebuild his life, seemingly only partially interested in his history. His lack of urgency is annoying, and he seems to take one step forward, then two steps back. In retrospect, I find that the author did a fantastic job moving the story forward with the confines of the protagonist’s situation.
The story works well because you feel that at some point all will be explained. Much of the enjoyment of the story is trying to figure out where it is going. It takes place in a rich fantasy world, although there is some worldbuilding details that bog the story down in the middle. Overall, it is well paced.
After the halfway point the character point of view changes. I understand why this happens, but it changes the story from a personal account of a story to something far more spiritual. I think that it will depend on each individual reader if they like and appreciate the shift in perspective. I didn’t like it at first because I felt that I was being shut out of the story.
Overall, I found the story satisfying. It lost me a bit when the point of view changed, but in the end it all made sense and was probably the most effective way of telling the story. I give it an entertaining four of five on Goodreads.
Our protagonist starts to rebuild his life, seemingly only partially interested in his history. His lack of urgency is annoying, and he seems to take one step forward, then two steps back. In retrospect, I find that the author did a fantastic job moving the story forward with the confines of the protagonist’s situation.
The story works well because you feel that at some point all will be explained. Much of the enjoyment of the story is trying to figure out where it is going. It takes place in a rich fantasy world, although there is some worldbuilding details that bog the story down in the middle. Overall, it is well paced.
After the halfway point the character point of view changes. I understand why this happens, but it changes the story from a personal account of a story to something far more spiritual. I think that it will depend on each individual reader if they like and appreciate the shift in perspective. I didn’t like it at first because I felt that I was being shut out of the story.
Overall, I found the story satisfying. It lost me a bit when the point of view changed, but in the end it all made sense and was probably the most effective way of telling the story. I give it an entertaining four of five on Goodreads.
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