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The Boy With The Porcelain Blade (2014)

by Den Patrick(Favorite Author)

3.21 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

057513397X (ISBN13: 9780575133976)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Gollancz

series

Erebus Sequence

review 1: An enjoyable read, but something about the style of language meant I found it quite difficult to get in to the story - I was always stumbling over sentences that I found jarring or that were repeatedly following exactly the same patterns (to the point where the repetition became a bit annoying). Either I got used to the writing style or it changed/matured later in the book, as I found it easier going the further I got through...
review 2: Unique among the fantasy I've read in that the crux of the story is a personal journey as opposed to a world in peril or a rising darkness or some such. The courtly politics aspect brings to mind the Jezal Dan Luthar chapters of the Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie (Though Lucien de Fontein is an inherently more likeable charac... moreter). Wouldn't describe the plot as being incredibly fantasy focused (no really heavy supernatural/magical component that I could see) the fantasy is more of an aesthetic thing which is used to incorporate the element of prejudice which leads back to the aforementioned court politics. The structure which alternates between the present & flashback works for the most though there are some flashback chapters that are weaker than others. But by & large it's an interesting character driven journey with a healthy smattering of action. less

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