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Enemy of God (The Warlord Chronicles, #2)
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8/10
A slight improvement on the previous novel but definitely a feel of a second book in a trilogy. I enjoyed the first book but it took some time to get into and there were a hell of a lot of names to take on board (only for the majority of them to die or no longer be involved after 50 pages). This one was a little slow at the start and it took me a while to get back into the flow of the style and era but when things got going then the pages flew by.
Derfel and Arthur are two very well rounded characters, add into that some of the side characters (if you can call Merlin a side character) the ensemble make for a great read. Lancelot is a dick but to stir those emotions means he's written well.
Other than the slow start one thing that lowered the overall rating was the weak ending. It's a bridge from this novel to the next but the climax sort of felt like a wet fart. No point in jumping the gun as there is one more novel to go so let's hope for a great finale and move past how it ended.
Overall a very good read but a few minor flaws making it lose a little rating overall but looking forward to the finale and how things come together.
If you like this try: "Argincourt" by Bernard Cornwell
A slight improvement on the previous novel but definitely a feel of a second book in a trilogy. I enjoyed the first book but it took some time to get into and there were a hell of a lot of names to take on board (only for the majority of them to die or no longer be involved after 50 pages). This one was a little slow at the start and it took me a while to get back into the flow of the style and era but when things got going then the pages flew by.
Derfel and Arthur are two very well rounded characters, add into that some of the side characters (if you can call Merlin a side character) the ensemble make for a great read. Lancelot is a dick but to stir those emotions means he's written well.
Other than the slow start one thing that lowered the overall rating was the weak ending. It's a bridge from this novel to the next but the climax sort of felt like a wet fart. No point in jumping the gun as there is one more novel to go so let's hope for a great finale and move past how it ended.
Overall a very good read but a few minor flaws making it lose a little rating overall but looking forward to the finale and how things come together.
If you like this try: "Argincourt" by Bernard Cornwell
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May 26, 2015
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Aug 11, 2015 12:57AM
Nice review, Richard. This is the one where they go to Brittany for a while, right?
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Thanks Markus, I had to scratch my head and memory cells on whether they went to Brittany. I don't recall them going but if the name was different to that of Brittany (as many of the place names seem different then to now), but my attention to names and places disappears after a few hundred are thrown at me!
