The topic and the overall concept of the storyline is decent and interesting. The finer details of the story, what the author chooses to fixate on, the character dialog used, and the pace of the story are all quite poor. Very slow, constantly bordering on uninteresting & repetitious. If I wasn’t in between dates for..
Review from My Mongrel Pack →
I really tried to like this and listened to most of it but I found it boring and hard to keep up with all the POVs. I like there is like 6.
kept me on my toes. wanted to always keep reading . loved the relationship between Ben and Joel.
Great character development, so you get to know them. They don’t even kill the dog! Not gory I was disappointed when it ended
Review from The Dark Road Series Collection →
Ramp up speed of the last book. Last book felt like it flew by leaving us feeling like I missed something
Review from Reckoning: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Series (Dark Road) →
Every third sentence is MC referring to how different and hard things are. Grow a pair. Absolutely infuriating.
Review from The Dark Road Series Collection →
Good read. Good character development. Nice plot. interesting scene of me. thoughtful ideas about what might happen. not too political. yay!
One of the best books I’ve read and highly recommend! The realism of dealing with war and loss and how the family grieve but have to continue moving forward.
Review from Sanctuary →
This story just won’t end. Wrap it up already. If I have to listen to Ben soliloquize and mansplain why he didn’t want to do the thing he’s getting ready to do in front of the kids I’ll drive an ice pick into my eardrums
With promising premises in political intrigue and a rich fantastical history inspired by Asian cultures, the Sword of Kaigen falls short, relying on the all too common tropes and stereotypes that bog down the modern young adult fiction genre. It reads like an underdeveloped anime that is trying to convince you it is serious.