Mickey reviewed Of Dawn and Darkness by Will Wight (The Elder Empire: Sea, #2)
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3 stars
3/5
As Shera’s life gets more and more complicated I seem to care less and less about her as a character. She had already been quite devoid of emotion and it seemed that has gotten even worse. Now the only thing she seems to care for is killing people. Literally anyone and everyone. It just felt exhausting reading from her viewpoint and I actively rooted for the other side whenever she got into a fight.
The upside were the other points of view throughout the book which added some depth to the world at least. They had actual curiosity and emotions which was really nice to see, but the way the stories intertwined with the present chapters and randomly assorted past chapters was jarring. At some points we skipped back thousands of years and then back to present before going back twenty years and so on. It felt far more …
3/5
As Shera’s life gets more and more complicated I seem to care less and less about her as a character. She had already been quite devoid of emotion and it seemed that has gotten even worse. Now the only thing she seems to care for is killing people. Literally anyone and everyone. It just felt exhausting reading from her viewpoint and I actively rooted for the other side whenever she got into a fight.
The upside were the other points of view throughout the book which added some depth to the world at least. They had actual curiosity and emotions which was really nice to see, but the way the stories intertwined with the present chapters and randomly assorted past chapters was jarring. At some points we skipped back thousands of years and then back to present before going back twenty years and so on. It felt far more chaotic and keeping the timeline in my head was a struggle.
Unfortunately my favorite character from the Shadow side also died in this book which makes me worried for the last in the trilogy and how it will shape up considering my current dislikes.
Overall it was worth reading only to get an idea of what this side of the world was doing and thinking. Otherwise the Sea trilogy seems like a far better story and set of characters.
