Elril Moonweaver’s Reviews > The Temple of the Mad God > Status Update

Been procrastinating with finishing this book and writing a review for it for like... 3 days. Uhh I need to do something about this >.>

80% in and i still have no clue as to why the main characters are in that holt thing. :/ And noooo simply saying Votrex wants to go home isn't enough. Why are the others there with him? Is there something they want to achieve :?

I think by the time I finish this novel I would have skim read half of it because of the lindie, Kaya and Fox plot threads that add nothing new to the plot.
These are basic filler chapters in a book that does not need filler. And because it has so much filler the companions'plot advances at a snail's pace.

I think that the magic in dsa world is infinite & needs to be harnessed. Magic like stormlight and metal burning are readily availeble but limited as opposed to magic here. If thats true then are some races more prone than others?

Soooo why do they need this Stonecutter wemch to help them enter the Holt? -.- And furthermore why ARE they entering it if there's something down there?! Fuck my family home Ill leave at the first sign of trouble if the chance occurs. :/ Think The Mines of Moria. Probably everyone's fucking dead by now. :\ Lol Korhan suggesting to duel that thing makes the others concious of his one on one dueling track record! XD

I can't stress this enough:
- Vexis getting the faith curse off her is important!
- the Servants of the Flame storyline and how Olwyn became the admin of Trest city after Hern's duel is important!
- the companions defeating the rock golem with the new anti-magic concept (basic spellbreaking) that Brael introduces is important!
Following lindie and Kaya and Fox for an inordinate ammount of time is NOT important!

Saul should've been more skilled than what is presented what with say 50 years of training. Methinks it shouln't be difficult for him to use magic! The fact that Brael has to teach him magic again, implies 1 of 2 things. Either he's never learned a way to use magic efficiently until this age or he was never any good with it from the start and only got his title of emmisary because he was the Empress' bedding partner.

So we've only stayed a grand total of 2 scenes with the MCs? I think telling the reader about Trest and the spead of the plague would have been better. We dont need souch screentime dedicated to Lindie and Kaya subplot.
They are not at all consequential to the plot so why not follow an antagonist for the Trest plotline. I really don't like the fact that an innocent young man is gonna be eaten instead of those two.

I just had this scene in my mind when the Voice gave Olwyn charge of Trest town. Her dressed in a red dress, smirking wickedly and a hand on the muzzle of Hern's dragon. I drew it and now I'l refine it digitally.
I think Her's showmanship was a bit off.
I think that it would have been awesomer to have him curb-stomp his opponent, bored out of his mind skewering him through the neck as he charged. I like efficiency.

Now that is what I do call character development. Korhan considering that he may not be the great warrior he thought he was. Brael's quitness is welcoming.
Also I would like to adress this from the recap part: Why must everything in this series be resolved in a duel?! I mean really!