things done well: world set up, the strength systems. things done less well: the characters feel a bit flat to me. things are "explained away" I find this book to be "too fantastic" too often to continue reading. there is no sense of any realism and while I'm not super far along (chapter 34) I don't find it engaging enough.
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LIKEa setting change would not change the kind of realism I am talking about. the characters up to the point I read felt fairly flat (one dimensional), consequences to actions were disproportionate, the parents in the book were unlike any parents I've ever encountered etc. the point of a review is a glance through my perspective of things do e well and I enjoyed and the opposite. I know not all books cater to what I enjoy hence me finding it "too fantastic" for my tastes. with all that being said, some of the driving factors (the puppeteer, the motivation of vengeance etc) I think were done very well.
PancakesWitch:well if you want realism read modern setting stories? this is pure fantasy
Just because you haven't met parents who act that way doesn't mean they don't exist, much less in a fantasy world.
Sp4rky:a setting change would not change the kind of realism I am talking about. the characters up to the point I read felt fairly flat (one dimensional), consequences to actions were disproportionate, the parents in the book were unlike any parents I've ever encountered etc. the point of a review is a glance through my perspective of things do e well and I enjoyed and the opposite. I know not all books cater to what I enjoy hence me finding it "too fantastic" for my tastes. with all that being said, some of the driving factors (the puppeteer, the motivation of vengeance etc) I think were done very well.