My fricking heart man, this book was so good. I mean it was good and then it got great and now I'm emotionally comprised. Really looking forward to the next novel!!
Resorting to the blurb for a plot summary, because I need to get my reviews up to date, and trying to come up with my own synopsis takes too long: The Crescent Moon Kingdoms are at a boiling point. A struggle between the iron-fisted Khalif and the mysterious Falcon Prince is reaching its climax. I...
Things I liked: • characters • worldbuilding • story Things I didn't like: • the prose So that's that then. When the writing gets to your nerves, the characters start grating, the brilliant worldbuilding loses its shine and the story becomes one of those "why do I care again" tales. I'd still ...
This was simultaneously colorful and extremely grey. There should be no doubt this is dark fantasy. It starts with the villain doing terribly villainous and also terrifying things. It does not exactly ever get "pretty," because this is not a pretty universe. The good guys, while easy to root for,...
Doctor Adoulla Makhslood has been a ghul hunter for decades. He's getting too old for this shit. His young assistant, a dervish named Raseed, helps with the fighting but wearies him with his rigid piety. Makhslood would have retired long ago if there were anyone to turn the reins over to, but he's t...
Originally reviewed at Bookwraiths ReviewsDhamsawatt, King of Cities, Jewel of AbassenA thousand thousand men pass through and pass inPacked patchwork of avenues, alleys, and walksSuch bookshops and brothels, such schools and stallsI’ve wed all your streets, made your night air my wifeFor he who tir...
I can honestly say that I have never read anything like it, but then most fantasy that I have read have traditionally been styled according to the medieval European formula. Nothing wrong with that, I love it, but I also love experiencing new things. And Saladin Ahmed gives us to an Arabian dream. T...
Very well written fantasy novel, which uses its Middle East-styled setting incredibly well. The characters in particular are incredibly interesting and well fleshed out.
I'd hoped to enjoy this Hugo nominated debut novel more than I did. It's a rousing fantasy story with an older-than-average protagonist, but other than its Near East rather than European setting it didn't stand out for me as groundbreaking storytelling or plot. I preferred Judith Tarr's A Wind in Ca...
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