David’s Reviews > A Time of Dread > Status Update

I am betting that Fritha is one of the bad guys... Too suspicious, and she's deffo still alive so I reckon she's a bad'un.

There was fear then that we were going to have Asroth vs Mecial part 2 electric boogaloo!

I am glad we haven't... yet. I am still fearful that I may be not it book 1 of a sequel trilogy and instead in book 5 of 7...

Corban defeated Asroth, let's not have that mean jack shit. This is "Somehow Palpatine returned" levels of horseshit.

Oooooh I will be a very happy reader if Drassil gets what's coming to it FIRST! Although I will be shocked if that actually happens.

I think I would like to see a Ben-Elim weakened and scattered and having to go in search of help and being less 'holier than thou'.

Can't wait to see what I get!

Oooooh I do like how Sig is doing in this. I am just fearful that Gwynne is going to kill off my buddies!

Finally in Dun Seren proper so that I can see what happened to my beloved heroes!

I am going to predict that Dun Seren will be sacked and destroyed by bad guys because of course it will!

It's really pretty good. I just get annoyed when the characters do stupid stuff but they are never not within the realm of the characters actual actions.

Like they never seem out of character to do the dumb thing.

Older character/ father figures dying? Another bit of a trope with Fantasy writing in general that is used a bit too often by Gwynne here.

It seems like the story is going to become predictable. The sword is gone, obviously to be found by the bad guys, to be taken back and then destroyed... Ughhhh.

And John manages to pull out a great chapter again! I do love his writing when it's thriller/ mysterious/ exciting, he does it very well!

Just that trope of the bad guy not being punished properly and escaping is a bit tiresome after 4 books.