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A review by wolvenbolt
Unsouled by Will Wight
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
So I struggled with this book at times, the pacing was a bit weird, it started off at rapid speed, zooming past some awesome setup potential and immediately showing us Lindon's test (The world wasn't established enough yet to make us understand the significance of his test result, it would have been better if we reacted to his result the same as the others, which would have helped immerse us in the world).
Then it started losing me as the book progressed up until the 40% - 50% mark, before that point it was hard to follow because I was being thrown into a world without much explanation that was filled with so many unusual social norms and customs and words.
As soon as it hits 50%, holy shit it hits! That's where the potential of Cradle is seen! It was absolutely awesome! The action, the twists, the writing, the reveals! I was completely hooked after that point and the book stayed on a pretty good fast-pace speed without giving us whiplash.
I'm loving the world-building so far, not what I was expecting at all!
The magic system reminds me of a mix between Allomancy from the Mistborn books (without the hard magic system rules though, that hasn't been explained yet, so at the moment I'm not sure if the magic is soft or hard, I presume hard, but not much has been explained) as people have specialities of magic they are born with and they can injest things to access the power or upgrade themselves, it also felt like it was mixed with One-Piece and the devil fruit, and it also shared elements of the magic system from the Lightbringer books. It was interesting, I'm looking forward to seeing how Will Wight will balance the magic system out with Lindon's progression.
I will say however, the author did not do a good job of conveying how his magic system works, and did a confusing job of describing it. It was difficult to picture and imagine what Wight was trying to convey about how the magic looked like or felt like.
This book, which I imagined resembling Avatar the Last Airbender, ended up being that, but also somehow Sci-Fi?
It's got me excited for the next book, and Lindon's journey! 🥳
Then it started losing me as the book progressed up until the 40% - 50% mark, before that point it was hard to follow because I was being thrown into a world without much explanation that was filled with so many unusual social norms and customs and words.
As soon as it hits 50%, holy shit it hits! That's where the potential of Cradle is seen! It was absolutely awesome! The action, the twists, the writing, the reveals! I was completely hooked after that point and the book stayed on a pretty good fast-pace speed without giving us whiplash.
I'm loving the world-building so far, not what I was expecting at all!
The magic system reminds me of a mix between Allomancy from the Mistborn books (without the hard magic system rules though, that hasn't been explained yet, so at the moment I'm not sure if the magic is soft or hard, I presume hard, but not much has been explained) as people have specialities of magic they are born with and they can injest things to access the power or upgrade themselves, it also felt like it was mixed with One-Piece and the devil fruit, and it also shared elements of the magic system from the Lightbringer books. It was interesting, I'm looking forward to seeing how Will Wight will balance the magic system out with Lindon's progression.
I will say however, the author did not do a good job of conveying how his magic system works, and did a confusing job of describing it. It was difficult to picture and imagine what Wight was trying to convey about how the magic looked like or felt like.
This book, which I imagined resembling Avatar the Last Airbender, ended up being that, but also somehow Sci-Fi?
It's got me excited for the next book, and Lindon's journey! 🥳