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A review by mickeymickey
The Living Sword by Pemry Janes
2.0
2/5
It feels like there are good ideas in this story but not so great execution of them. There is far too much world building thrown in too short of a time, and new locations and peoples names mentioned offhandedly as if the reader was already familiar with them. There were oddly paced sections where long distances would be traversed within a single sentence which made little sense as the character was completely unfamiliar with them.
Which brings be to the characters who do not feel very well developed. Their interactions are a bit stilted and awkward and the decisions made by then make little sense sometimes. The pieces that I did enjoy were the magic and fight scenes which flowed much better than the rest of the story. Overall this book felt like it was underbaked and needed more time to develop as well as be better edited.
It feels like there are good ideas in this story but not so great execution of them. There is far too much world building thrown in too short of a time, and new locations and peoples names mentioned offhandedly as if the reader was already familiar with them. There were oddly paced sections where long distances would be traversed within a single sentence which made little sense as the character was completely unfamiliar with them.
Which brings be to the characters who do not feel very well developed. Their interactions are a bit stilted and awkward and the decisions made by then make little sense sometimes. The pieces that I did enjoy were the magic and fight scenes which flowed much better than the rest of the story. Overall this book felt like it was underbaked and needed more time to develop as well as be better edited.