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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was hoping to like this book more than I did, maybe that’s why I just rated as an average book.
Really like this with the POV narrative. This was definately something different of my reading style. If you are looking for something different and fun check this one out.
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Just a solid book. I always find religious conflicts interesting and kinda fun, and this was no different. However, there was a greater focus on the characters and it made the conflict seem small and the religious aspects were a bit underexplored. There is a big age gap romance, which is unfortunate. However, nothing about this book or these characters is morally clean, everyone is some sort of fucked up, which I kind of enjoy. Overall, I found this book to be hard to read at times because I wasn't really rooting for any of the characters, except Sadie, and I didn't really care what happened to any of them.
A VICIOUS, AT TIMES DISTURBING, ELDRITCH-INFUSED TALE.
This book was… phew.
Gunmetal Gods is, essentially, a story centered on a Fantasy version of the Crusades, except with guns and eldritch horrors lurking just beyond the ken of mortal minds.
There was a lot that I loved, especially when following Kevah… or the rare, other POVs… essentially every POV EXCEPT for Micah. That guy was just messed up. I cringed, and not in a good way, at several points in his chapters throughout the book. When I say trigger warning, I want to just stamp the words over every other chapter following this sick-in-the-head zealot.
I mean, there were two particular scenes that I still feel disgusted by when I think of them.
Now, my very, very strong warning about Micah aside, I loved the vast majority of the rest of this. The world building was incredibly intriguing, the action wasn’t the most descriptive of individual actions but thrived in the larger battles that take place throughout the narrative, and the character work that takes place between the cast is nothing short of brilliant. Not to mention, the elements of eldritch horror. I said something already, but that stuff was what I kept wanting more of - even if just so I could understand the unraveling mystery of this world!
The ending, though, was what settled my final rating. I was back and forth between 3 and 4 stars. If things had gone differently in the last several chapters, I would have been very unsatisfied with the way the book left off. Instead, the dark and weary feeling that permeates the book finds, at last, a conclusion I could enjoy.
So, if you can handle the immensely disturbing aspects of this novel, I would very much suggest giving this world a try. I would just maybe take a break between books, something I myself plan to do, before diving into book two.
This book was… phew.
Gunmetal Gods is, essentially, a story centered on a Fantasy version of the Crusades, except with guns and eldritch horrors lurking just beyond the ken of mortal minds.
There was a lot that I loved, especially when following Kevah… or the rare, other POVs… essentially every POV EXCEPT for Micah. That guy was just messed up. I cringed, and not in a good way, at several points in his chapters throughout the book. When I say trigger warning, I want to just stamp the words over every other chapter following this sick-in-the-head zealot.
I mean, there were two particular scenes that I still feel disgusted by when I think of them.
Now, my very, very strong warning about Micah aside, I loved the vast majority of the rest of this. The world building was incredibly intriguing, the action wasn’t the most descriptive of individual actions but thrived in the larger battles that take place throughout the narrative, and the character work that takes place between the cast is nothing short of brilliant. Not to mention, the elements of eldritch horror. I said something already, but that stuff was what I kept wanting more of - even if just so I could understand the unraveling mystery of this world!
The ending, though, was what settled my final rating. I was back and forth between 3 and 4 stars. If things had gone differently in the last several chapters, I would have been very unsatisfied with the way the book left off. Instead, the dark and weary feeling that permeates the book finds, at last, a conclusion I could enjoy.
So, if you can handle the immensely disturbing aspects of this novel, I would very much suggest giving this world a try. I would just maybe take a break between books, something I myself plan to do, before diving into book two.