Reviews

The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty

spiffyname's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

5.0

pennyflips's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

2.75

shannonbooks's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

ZAYNAB AND AQISA I KNEW IT

gorejoyous's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-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

paigetry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

vermilionred's review against another edition

4.0

Quite good. Felt like the whole thing significantly expanded in scope from the first one, which seemed like it was trying to be larger than it quite was. By the time it reached the third book, this series is exactly as large as it wants to be.

Good book :)

dreadspawn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Slavery, Gore, Genocide, Violence, Death, Torture, Grief, Murder, Death of parent, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

lilibookworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

marlakate's review

adventurous dark 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

5.0

readercristina's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.5

Great writing and I was thrilled to see the pace was much faster than Book 2. I am unsure why the author spent soooo much time with building that hospital in Book 2. I wish some of the plot was in Book 2 to balance it out.

I enjoyed the characters the most in this book and could have even read more about what was happening with each of them (Kaveh, Muntadhir, Sobek, Jamshid, etc). The politics, family dynamics, unspoken love, etc was written beautifully. I was hanging on every word. 

I recommend this series but  watch out for 250+ pages of slow pacing in the beginning of Book 2.