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A review by melbsreads
Down Among the Dead Men by Simon R. Green
3.0
Trigger warnings: violence. Lots of violence. Graphic descriptions of battles and injuries. A backstory in which a female character basically seduces a man so that she can rob him once he's naked and he kills her. IDEK what to call that, but it happens.
So if you guys have been around here for any length of time, you'll know that Blue Moon Rising, the first book in this series, is one of my ALL TIME FAVOURITE fantasy books. You'll also know that I love Blood and Honour, the second book in this series a LOT. These books are now out of print, so I was really excited to discover that the rest of the series is available on Kindle, and immediately bought this one, the third book in the Forest Kingdom series.
Uuuuuunfortunately, this one wasn't nearly as compelling as the previous two. I honestly think it's partly because the entire story takes place in a day or two, and so it almost feels a little bit like a long novella?? I mean, it's all in the one place. There are only...seven? Eight? characters in the entire book. And aside from a handful of flashbacks, it's a very small window in which these events occur.
Maybe it's because I loved the other two SO MUCH that I was let down by this one, but it just...didn't really work for me and it ended up almost feeling like filler. I'll push on and reread the fourth book in the hopes that it's more like the first two, but this one was just...meh.
So if you guys have been around here for any length of time, you'll know that Blue Moon Rising, the first book in this series, is one of my ALL TIME FAVOURITE fantasy books. You'll also know that I love Blood and Honour, the second book in this series a LOT. These books are now out of print, so I was really excited to discover that the rest of the series is available on Kindle, and immediately bought this one, the third book in the Forest Kingdom series.
Uuuuuunfortunately, this one wasn't nearly as compelling as the previous two. I honestly think it's partly because the entire story takes place in a day or two, and so it almost feels a little bit like a long novella?? I mean, it's all in the one place. There are only...seven? Eight? characters in the entire book. And aside from a handful of flashbacks, it's a very small window in which these events occur.
Maybe it's because I loved the other two SO MUCH that I was let down by this one, but it just...didn't really work for me and it ended up almost feeling like filler. I'll push on and reread the fourth book in the hopes that it's more like the first two, but this one was just...meh.