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romanjones's review
2.0
The writing is good, but the novel felt very scattershot and unfocused overall. Too many subplots and excess characters to the point you get narrative whiplash. The book is like a bowl of soup with various, distinct ingredients and flavors which don’t all come together as a cohesive whole.
This could have been broken up into a couple novellas or Ring of Fire Press short books and it would have better served the multiple smaller plots. There are a few major events that happen here which reverberate into later installments of the series, so it’s not really skippable, but I can only recommend for diehard 1632 fans.
This could have been broken up into a couple novellas or Ring of Fire Press short books and it would have better served the multiple smaller plots. There are a few major events that happen here which reverberate into later installments of the series, so it’s not really skippable, but I can only recommend for diehard 1632 fans.
cj13's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Racism, and Misogyny
Minor: Abortion
brandt's review against another edition
3.0
Solid 3.5 stars. I will admit that Eric Flint's or possible Virgina DeMarco's writing style is starting to annoy me, but it isn't a bad book. But so far I am determined to finish this series.
brandt's review
3.0
Solid 3.5 stars. I will admit that Eric Flint's or possible Virgina DeMarco's writing style is starting to annoy me, but it isn't a bad book. But so far I am determined to finish this series.
hteph's review
3.0
Not the best book in the series
It seems DeMarce brings a certain amount of "soap" to the 1632 universe. In this book there are chapters that could fit as a manus for a episode of Emmerdale or something, endless disection of how people are related to each other and flashback to things that happend before the Ring of fire.
Character development are always interesting, but here the story could be improved with some editing, cutting and condensing, to focus and speed up the story, the .... meandering, between the moving parts becomes annoying after a while
It seems DeMarce brings a certain amount of "soap" to the 1632 universe. In this book there are chapters that could fit as a manus for a episode of Emmerdale or something, endless disection of how people are related to each other and flashback to things that happend before the Ring of fire.
Character development are always interesting, but here the story could be improved with some editing, cutting and condensing, to focus and speed up the story, the .... meandering, between the moving parts becomes annoying after a while
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