godsgayearth's reviews
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more so 3.5. a whole lot of men kissing men on cheeks and necks and beards in here. and a lot of proclaiming, “i’ll never love another one like i love [my bro]” and then you remember women were not seen as people back then, so i guess this is ok. 

but still. nice to finally know where some mythical weapons came from (durendal)

god, a little effort would have been nice.

 what a spectacular read. brings back the faith that the books i had purchased years and years ago are of the finest quality--or at least, some are.

the appeal of The Goblin Emperor is the finesse with which it is told. court intrigue might be one of my favourite fantasy genres, and this performs in the highest of degrees. meticulous, subtle, and nuanced, i loved every minute of it. it took me so long to read only because i did not want for it to end.

i also bear the honour of shedding a few tears towards the latter end of the book. i'd rate this ten stars if i could. 

 one might think that just because i'm a critrole fan that i'd be more lenient in rating this novel. my biases were cancelled out though because if i were to put the twins in a CR PC tier list, they would be in tier D or C at most.

so, already they were not my favourite characters to be reading about. add to that the prose style that is average at best and at the very least i found it not compelling to read. the author is prone to over-explaining sentiments that can easily be figured out, so long as the reader is paying some attention.

and like. okay. it was pretty brazen to use only quotations from the novel on the back cover, but the quotation used ("and whatever happens, we'll always be together, right?" / "always. and no matter what happens.") has nothing going for it--and even crosses the territory of incomprehensible. but that might have been a book design issue. 

unbearable. and why should i try and bear it? this book means nothing to me.