While I despised Jorg in Prince of Thorns, the story itself was highly entertaining and kept me turning pages as quickly as I could read them. However, I did not find this novel as engrossing, perhaps because I've grown somewhat use to the main character's sociopathic behavior. In any event, sin...
I was less than impressed with the predecessor to this novel. It came across as forced, frustrating and playing to the modern fantasy crowd so in awe of G.R.R. Martin (though there are easily better classic fantasy series around which don't push the dark and grim idea). There was something about thi...
Fantasy Review BarnAh, that difficult middle book of the trilogy! The one that carries all the baggage of the first without the freshness, while also setting up the climax of the third without being able to resolve the big questions. All too often it feels like drifting - there’s motion of a sort, b...
I opened my review of Prince of Thorns, book 1 of The Broken Empire saga, by saying:"Damn, but this was one hell of a book!"I would like to begin this review in a similar spirit, by saying:"Damn, but this was one hell of a book to review."I've let it settle and digest for a few days, but I'm still v...
Brilliant. Better in every aspects from its predecessor. Seriously Jorg makes prince joffrey from game of thrones look like a pussy. You can't love him but you can't stop yourself from rooting for this guy to achieve whatever he wants in any way possible. The switch in timelines was great with both ...
I like myself a good sociopath. They make things interesting in a world of heroes and anti-heroes if well written. I found a new favorite in Jorg of Ancrath when I read [b:Prince of Thorns|9579634|Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)|Mark Lawrence|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327917754s/957963...
Another very good book and worthy sequel from Mark Lawrence. As always, in my review I won't describe any summary of the plot or something like it, it's up there and you can read it. I'll just word my thoughts which are mostly possitive. I think what Lawrence does with this book is take everything f...
Surely, in coming to this volume, you will have already read the first and your fascination with Jorg's character has overcome your distaste. Weeded out already are those who were not prepared to read about a protagonist they wouldn't want to be best buddies with and the generally squeamish. Those w...
Like the first book, on the surface the story of King of Thorns is a simple one; in one timeline, a young man goes on an adventure to seek help from a wizard, and four years later in the present time, he is defending his kingdom from a rival prince. Sounds straightforward and rather typical, but the...
It took me a LONG time to read King of Thorns, a long time to really get into the story and see where Lawrence was taking us. When that happens I tend to put the book aside and read something else that I can knock off in a day or two. This time though I resisted because I knew that once the hooks ...
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