Rainy Day Reads

This is the third and final book of the Lumatere Chronicles and as with the last two books I have mixed feelings about this one. There are a few spoilery bits, if you haven't read the other two books yet, but nothing major. As with the other books I had problems with the characters all along. Already on page 4 I was super annoyed at Finn. Yes, Isaboe has a strong friendship with Froi, but so do you! So why do you need to get all jealous about it and throw a hissyfit? And Isaboe is just so mean towards Quintana. Why does Quintana have to pay for her fathers sins? I just didn't really understand the characters' reactions a lot of the times and that made it seem like they were just dolls having whatever reaction was required at the time for the sake of the plot. The plot in this book seemed longwinded, much like the other books. I don't know if any of the storylines could have been cut without messing with the plot, but they all just seemed to progress so slo...

I was debating whether or nor to write a review about this book, as I don't feel like I have too much to say about it. But I wrote a review for the first book in the series, so I figured I should write for the rest of the series as well. Froi of the Exiles is the second book in the Lumatere Chronicles and it follows one of the lesser characters from the first book, Froi. He is off on a quest to another kingdom to seek revenge for events that unfolded before the story of the first book. The blurb on the back of the book is pretty vague, and I don't want to spoil anything, so I can't really go into great detail about the plot. Again, I have to say that like the first book, this one just didn't really interest me. It took me a long time to finish the almost 600 pages. Longer than I would like to think it would usually take me. Because the story just didn't click for me. The characters were again uninteresting to me and I felt like there were so many diff...

I had high hopes for this book. I bought the entire series based on the rave reviews I have been seeing everywhere. But unfortunately I was disappointed.  Beware of minor spoilers below! I have read some other books by Melina Marchetta, and I generally like her writing style. The story of this sounded great, too. An epic read in a fantasy universe where good battles evil with a little love thrown in for good measure. What's not to like? Well, the story was weirdly paced for me. I remember having read about 1/3 of the book thinking that it was moving quite slow. The objective of the quest (taking back the homeland) is pretty clear from the start, and I figured they would not have time to do it in this book, since it was moving so slowly. But that was okay, since this is a trilogy. Plenty of time to evolve the story. Wrong! After about 2/3 of the book the pacing picked up and before you knew it they were inside the gates! The battle that took place was not really described in great d...