The storyline with the corelings, wards, and Arlen and his gang was great, i loved how creative it was. For that alone i kept reading.What ruined this book for me, and i mean really ruined it, was Krasia and Brett's thoroughly unlikeable characters.I probably only liked 5 characters from this book, ...
Wow. Another amazing book in the Demon Cycle series. Where the Warded Man told the journey of some of my favorite heroes, Lessha, Arlen and Rojer, The Desert Spear told the story of some of the other characters that were mentioned in the first book, mainly Jardir, and the Krasians. Thankfully all th...
Okay, here I go.I started reading this book immediately after I read The Warded Man because it was teasing me from my shelf for about a month. I picked my copy up at a used book store, intending to read the series, but it took forever to get the first book. I'm glad I read them back to back. It made...
Why has it taken me so long to read the second instalment of The Demon Cycle? I loved The Painted Man, I ended it eager to start reading about Arlen, Leesha and Rojer again. In one word: life. I knew I would love this, I wanted to dedicate a lot of time to the 600 page epic, and that meant waiting. ...
After finishing the YA fantasy novel Graceling, Peter Brett's The Desert Spear was difficult to enter; the quasi-Islamic culture the first half of the novel centers on is jarrringly mysoginistic, so much so that it was difficult not to transfer those beliefs onto the author. It's a mistake easily c...
Wow. As The Warded Man wrapped up, I thought I knew precisely where the story was going, with the ominous march of the Deliverer's army across the desert setting up the next logical chapter. Imagine my surprise when The Desert Spear opened not with their march, and not with the Painted Man's journey...
So, okay, I am really torn about my opinions of this book. On one hand, it was not very original. Nothing in the entire book screamed creativity to me. I knew what was going to happen a long, long time before it did. The characters' blindness and stupidity frequently had me wanting to rip out my hai...
Some spoilers ahead. My feelings towards The Desert Spear are fairly parallel to those of The Warded man - extremely unique and interesting concept, well crafted (if somewhat limited) world, relatable characters, solid and enjoyable writing, good plot movement, pacing and twists. Downsides being unr...
If Peter V. Brett were to use a pseudonym it should be Peter P. Turner. The Desert Spear kept me turning the pages to find out what happen next, even during the parts of the book I don't like. The Desert Spear is the second book of the Demon Cycle series, apparently five volumes are planned. The fir...
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