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Better late than never! Review is finally in!https://solseit.wordpress.com/2019/03...Review to come; I struggle to avoid gushing right now. The main features are the story (so much happening, so many different story lines balanced beautifully) and the characters. Their development is just uncanny; their morality is dubious in many cases and it makes it for an incredible journey. I cannot wait to start Blood of the Mantis.
The good? Non-stop action. It's war and it's really war, with all the grand deaths you could ever hope, and for me, the world-building of all these insect-ish humans helps drag me *out* of feeling emotionally invested, so I could get through so much death and destruction without falling into a stupor of sadness.Drephos really stands out as mr. mad scientist and I did really enjoy the hell out of him. The artificers in general got me going pretty good and some of the reversals were rather enjoyab...
This is the second book in the Shadows of the Apt series by Adrian Tchaikovsky.He’s one of my favourite authors. If you're reluctant to dive into a long series without first getting to know an author, I've got a few recommendations. Fantasy: Guns of the Dawn (Austen's Elizabeth Bennet goes to war); Sci-Fi: Children of Time and Dogs of War.The premise of the Shadows of the Apt series (which spans ten books) is simple: every species in this fantasy series is an insect-kinden, and has got the manne...
Book the first grabbed me with its adventurous plot and a handful of character relationships that offered interesting drama. In the sequel, Tchaikovsky picks up these two threads and then adds a bunch of political machinations and warmongering. We meet some royal and military personages and we dally in map rooms and throne rooms and other places where big decisions get made by the big bad asses in the story.All of this maneuvering: not interesting.BAD GUYS: Let's push this army over here.BAD EMP...
A solid sequel to the series
This one took me much longer to read than Book 1, but I still enjoyed it.The world-building is still just as enthralling and original as before - if anything, even better than Book 1. There are very few series that can match Shadows of the Apt in this area.I also really enjoyed the way this book moved forward the overall arc of the series. Some flaws started to show, however.For one, while I do still very much enjoy most of the characters introduced in Book 1, Tchaikovsky introduces TONS more in...
It's been a time since I read the first book, so I initially found this confusing with the plethora of characters and scenarios, but I was soon back up to speed and enjoying this instalment.The scale of ambition should be applauded but this book is full of drama, action and events which just drives the plot forward at a enjoyable pace. This author is undoubtable skilled and able and this book illustrates well his enjoyment and ability within science fiction.
16/25 (64%) 3 stars.The plot armour is thicccc in this one, hence the plot was no bueno for me. Stretched thin like butter on too much bread, as my old pal Bilbo would say. Too many different plotlines, too many useless new POVs, too few of Che and Achaeos. Also: If you capture your enemy, kill them. Fucking kill them. Do you understand? You just have to kill them, forget stupid redemption and all that stuff.----Booktube review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRWT1... ----Dialogue 4Setting 4Cha...
This was a real step up from Empire of Black and Gold and I had a great time reading this sequel. Epic is definitely the best word to describe Dragonfly Falling as you experience huge battles and sieges across Tchaikovskys' world. Loved all the characters as they really get suffer the brutality of war and while these books may not be of the grimdark variety it is certainly unstinting in the level of violence. The concept of humans with insect abilities is really cool and the author really delive...
With his series, Shadows of the Apt, Adrian Tchaikovsky has created a vast, detailed world, peopled with a wide variety of races that each have their own, unique looks and skills. Inside this place, there is a war coming... a war that will change the face of the 'lowlands' forever.The interesting thing about this series, which I must admit put me off a little at the beginning, is the way that everyone is associated with different forms of insects - from beetles through to dragonflies, wasps, spi...
The second book is even more about war than the first one ... strictly speaking it is one long account of war on several fronts. At first I wasn't sure I'd like that, but as the war goes on, the known characters from book one find themselves in different places and sometimes even on different sides of the battle. Some get even more depth and grey layers which is quite rewarding to witness. My two favs from book one, Cheerwell and Tynisa, didn't get many scenes in this second book, but I was assu...
This is really such a great novel, that it is hard to believe that is the second book of a series. This is an extremely fast paced, relentless, and unforgiving story that puts all our heroes in death's way. This novel is filled with plot twists and character development all the while it is a novel about war. I really have grown to love the insect kinden take on race and think that it makes for great fantasy. I will definately pick up the 3rd book now and recommend all fantasy readers to jump int...
