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Yet another story of laying siege to a walled city when they have orbital nukes

Hadrian can see ‘some’ stars through the worst rainstorm he’s ever been in? Has this author ever been outside. You can’t have a clear sky AND be at risk of drowning from the rain at the same time

First bit of extended dialogue between the two brothers not-Paul and not-Feyd and it’s so garbage I can’t lie. I can see what the author is trying to put down but he is fumbling sooo bad. I don’t think I’ll be continuing the series unless things really change

Homie does not understand stoicism ‼️‼️‼️

I think this guy is just a worse Paul Atriedes

Also includes a horrible mishmash of Greek culture (like 3000 years of it), Roman, Egyptian and Sumerian AND English Medieval that makes so sense and I am really struggling to make sense of. They have interstellar nukes but they still make walled castes?? Dawg WE don’t even do that anymore what are you TALKING about

Kind of annoying so far. Dumbass commentary on communism ‘they didn’t even recognize the individual’ but apparently it’s been 16 THOUSAND years since earth like died?? So I’m sorry I don’t believe these concepts would have survived for so long. We don do the same shit they were doing 16 thousand years ago culturally, and I don’t believe these guys would either

Super good so far, the world comes alive off the page and I already care about every single perspective. They’re all so different and interesting and I can’t wait to see how they all come together.

Legit goofily bad

Priests must not be very sacred in Luceum because they die all the time and then there are no social consequences for the people who loudly pronounce that they kill them. okok theyre in a war right now, wouldnt Gol's own side WHO ALREADY HATES HIM murder him for killing like the most sacred guy around. Theres a couple mumbles but then they just party, but we're constantly told that the driuds are holy. makes no sense

If that man Leuceum Vis saw that "looked like his father" is setting up some kind of time travel him from the future plot im not finishing this series.

also the timeskips are so bad. every POV change has whole vauge months in between where i just have to accept whatever is presented to me on page. even worse in Res where i actually like some of the side characters. Eidhin has had like 3 lines the whole book. all their convos together are an exposition dump and "and then we chatted and it felt like old times. Anway" like i dont get to see them doing anything together

I liked WTOTM for its refusal to explain how will worked bc Vis hated it so much, but that choice is only holding SOTF back. Now Vis uses will all the time and apparently does impressive things, the other characters ooh and aww, but bc i have no idea how will works the book then IMMEDIATELTLY has the explain how it happened. Clunky, slows the plot, lessens the impact of whats being done bc i only care in retrospect

Vis wants to be FitzChivalry Farseer so bad. Islington must have read assassins apprentice before writing this book because theres no way. Also every single chapter opens with "x character once told me..." Vis do you have your own thoughts bbg. Also so much time in this book has been timeskips where i just have to accept any development made with no question. theres none of the intrigue the first book had

Reusing two of the worst plot points from the first book, the fencing and the spontaneous ´challenge for his honour’. Feels like the author couldn’t think of any other way for Vis’s position as Domitor to be challenged and went with the first thing he could think of. Super dissatisfying so far, this book better start picking up soon

The POV shifts is killing the momentum like crazy. I like all three enough separately, but switching between them is a slog. Story is super vague rn, finding it really hard to get invested when I know nothing at all. The environment is way worse in this one than the last one, I’m finding it frustrating that I don’t know what anything looks like

Why isnt Caeror synchronous.

Legit so good i had dreams about how it might end last night. So good

Super good. Everything i was missing in the third book. Really excited to get to the end of this one

Honestly im really not having a great time. everything feels like just because

Does it really matter who is legally king when Elend controls the army anyway. Kind of getting lost on what the stakes actually are in this book, everything kind of feels like it doesnt matter. Doesnt really feel like a seige either when people are coming in and out with no issue. The politics feels kind of shallow so far as well. not liking it as much as the first book