What did you read this year?
Alex’s
average rating for
2024
4.1
4.1
Around the first 150 pages I was sure this would be a 5 star read for me. However, it got gradually uneven and kind of lost me at times. Quite possibly the hype of the book didn't help, but still, a solid 3/5 isn't too bad considering it is a debut.
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Brothers of the Wind 4.75/5
I was initially sceptical to this book, at the point of reading Stone of Farewell, and thinking this will be my least favourite book in the Osten Ard Saga. How wrong I was...
The naration by Pamon Kes was right up my alley, being in the thick of it yet somehow always feeling like a fly on the wall, showing so much emotion that otherwise can seem absent when Keida'ya are involved. The absence of cliffhangers with all the ...more
I was initially sceptical to this book, at the point of reading Stone of Farewell, and thinking this will be my least favourite book in the Osten Ard Saga. How wrong I was...
The naration by Pamon Kes was right up my alley, being in the thick of it yet somehow always feeling like a fly on the wall, showing so much emotion that otherwise can seem absent when Keida'ya are involved. The absence of cliffhangers with all the ...more