Godslayer (The Sundering, Book 2)
by Jacqueline Carey
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Read in March, 2007
This is a review for the series. The other book is Banewreaker.
If you hear "Jacqueline Carey" and think Kushiel's Dart, you may be mighty tempted to pick up this series based on that.
Don't.
There are no subby women with bottomless capacities for pain in this series. Heck, it isn't even D'angeline. Very little sex, in fact, and none of it kinky. Different universe complete...more
If you hear "Jacqueline Carey" and think Kushiel's Dart, you may be mighty tempted to pick up this series based on that.
Don't.
There are no subby women with bottomless capacities for pain in this series. Heck, it isn't even D'angeline. Very little sex, in fact, and none of it kinky. Different universe complete...more
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Read in February, 2008
recommended to Nakki by:
adriel montoyarecommends it for: everyone
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Read in March, 2008
recommends it for:
everybody
(The above date is my most recent reading.)
This book is the companion to Banewreaker, which I've already reviewed; I'd really recommend reading that review first.
As for this one, well. . .the first time I read it, I screamed at it more than once. Just saying.
There are only three words to describe this book.
The first is, "grey." Like the first book, it has no absolutes of good and evil; morality and truth continue to be purely subjective here.
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This book is the companion to Banewreaker, which I've already reviewed; I'd really recommend reading that review first.
As for this one, well. . .the first time I read it, I screamed at it more than once. Just saying.
There are only three words to describe this book.
The first is, "grey." Like the first book, it has no absolutes of good and evil; morality and truth continue to be purely subjective here.
The second word...more
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Read in January, 2008
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Read in April, 2008
I really loved this book although it was really difficult to read because of the anticipation involved (knowing, roughly, how it would end). I found it excruciating (in a good way) having to wait for the inevitable--having my hopes rise in spite of the fact I knew that they would be dashed. The ending was also a great balance between being cheaply satisfying and oppresively down. I hope that, at some point, Carey decides to pick up the story line with Ushahin again in the future.
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This book has the same flaws as the first Banewreaker and caps it with an ending most would find tragic and not as conclusive as they would like. Carey, I think, did not like this fantasy setting as much as the setting of her Kushiel books, and it shows. There are so many different races in this world, the Shaper gods, trolls, dragons, elves, dwarves, and humans, and Carey was only able to convincingly portray the humans, trolls, and one of
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Read in June, 2007
A mythological style saga of two books, I found it quite enjoyable. I think Carey does better with male character voices than female (but maybe I'm just partial to male POVs), and the doomed characters of this series are well developed and interesting. I would have enjoyed seeing more of their stories, but think the author had the right idea by making it a two part tale and not a typical fantasy trilogy or quartet.
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Read in November, 2007
this book would have made far more sense if i'd read book 1 first.
i really liked the Kushiel series, and as this was the same author i thought i'd give it a try.
however it's bog-standard Tolkienesque fantasy, with a slight philosophical bent (told from the side decreed "evil" it did ask us to question morality etc).
not sure i can be bothered with book 3
i really liked the Kushiel series, and as this was the same author i thought i'd give it a try.
however it's bog-standard Tolkienesque fantasy, with a slight philosophical bent (told from the side decreed "evil" it did ask us to question morality etc).
not sure i can be bothered with book 3
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actually i only read the end, but it was disappointing (which i also heard from someone else who read the whole thing)
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Read in July, 2006
recommends it for:
people who want to subvert lord of the rings
I loved this series because of it's unusual perspective. Read them if you ever read lord of the rings.
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Read in August, 2007
recommends it for:
fantasy readers in general
A very excellent conclusion to the story. See my review of the first book for more.
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Read in January, 2006
Again, I read this book because i love this author, but I just couldn't engage.
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