The court scenes feel distinct from the scenes with Hadrian and Royce on the road, which in turn feel distinct from the ones that feature the Thrace’s village – can’t remember it, or write it down sorry – or the elven tower of Avempartha. The atmosphere is pretty nicely rendered too. Here the setting is given an actual meaning by weaving in a much bigger end goal. And that is a pretty good thing, because if you can make the plot of a novel take place in any setting than the setting it was originally written in, then it becomes rather meaningless. Could it have taken place in another sort of setting, my guess is no. It is pretty engaging despite being a fairly standard setting to have your novel take place it. I am nitpicky that way.Īs i mentioned before, the setting is a sword and sorcery world, knights and wizards, battles and magic. And no, just saying that the gods of the world created them does not really count. For instance we get insight into the religion of this fantasy world and the history of the lost empire (which really makes me think of Skyrim for some reason or another), but we get almost no explanation as to WHY there are dwarves, elves and goblins in this world. I have to admit that this over-reliance on tropes does get exhausting after a certain point as you are bombarded with them and simply are given a passing explanation as to why they are there. The Riryia Revelations is, as many reviewers have mentioned, a sword and sorcery fantasy novel, which builds on already existing tropes in the fantasy genre, instead of deconstructing them or twisting them or giving them a new flavor. That being said I am ready to embrace more diverse adult fantasy novels, now that I know I can actually get through them 😛įirst on my list is probably one of the easiest to comprehend. Only my Young Adult Fantasy reads have had more variety. My adult fantasy reads have been really limited to tell the truth. Now I did mean for a long time to read Riyria Revelationstrilogy, but I never managed it because… well I just wanted to read more Sanderson which is a long term goal mind you. May contain spoilers! Read at your own risk!
Did I mention that I finished this book while having the worst of stomach aches? Missed like 3 job interviews and all I wanna do is sleep.īut then again I do like making reviews and the further away this one is from the time I actually finished the book (2 days ago, if you’re wondering) the less I remember.
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