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Daggerspell by Katharine Kerr

5 reviews

emberise's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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littleclerk's review against another edition

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Incest/rape

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tacochelle's review

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

A big warning, this does deal with sexual assault and incest, so if that's a big problem for you, best to skip this one. 

A very traditional High Fantasy, taking from Celtic and Welsh folklore to build its world and magic system of dweomer. Has more of a focus on fate and reincarnation, where the sins of a past self can haunt your later selves. It skips between the current events with Jill and the past events, which influences the present. It spends a good chunk of time in the past, and felt like a really long prologue rather than it's own book. It was still interesting enough for me to want to keep going.

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slavicreader's review against another edition

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

2.0

I would have possibly rated this higher if the ending came through strong, but alas, it did not. The story just kept going and going and going... And I sat there it would, just, stop.

There was little to no sense or direction as to why things happened the way they did in the last 100ish pages. No sense of satisfaction or closure upon finishing the book. If anything, it left our characters in muddy waters, like???

I'm not even going to talk about the disturbing aspect of the story, for the sake of spoilers. Okay no maybe I will. I really hoped Gerro's urges wouldn't carry over in his next life but oh boy. I daresay it only got weirder? As a side note I definitely need therapy after reading the first 643 chapter. 

The present day romance felt super rushed to me. I say this as someone who loves a good romance, but like the majority, I'm not keen on insta love. And Rhody... I just didn't understand why he was falling in love with women left and right. 

To conclude, I don't think this was my kinda read. It wasn't even horny, but some things did seem to be glorified a bit too much to my liking. Well, actually the prologue does mention the word lust several times so maybe? I'm really not sure. There is something to this book but by far not enough for me to rate it any higher. 

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hermitqueen's review

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adventurous mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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