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whattamess's review against another edition
4.0
MacHalo Buddy Read
Another one-man show buddy read. *sigh* Tis my curse of the year. I have some questions I wish I could talk with someone about, but I guess I'll just have to read on and finish. In the meantime I'll just do cactus poses.
I loved it! There was so much more on the history and emotional level than the first book. The Vagrant gave me a complete feel for the world. The Malice filled that world.
Although our comic relief goat doesn't go on the adventure, her kid does. And he's just as charming as her but without the meanness. Vesper is all grown up and this adventure belongs to her. She brings in a more emotional side to the story. A lot of history gaps are filled and a lot of future gaps are opened.
If you've read the first book, The Vagrant, I highly recommend continuing on to this book. In my opinion it's a little bit better.
sidpatkar's review against another edition
4.0
A bit on the slower side, but is really good once you get through the middle part. Pretty good setup for the next book in the trilogy.
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The Vagrant talks! Probably the best twist!owenreads's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
3.0
In The Vagrant review I said that the grown-up Vesper chapters were the chapters I enjoyed less, so it's an inauspicious start that this whole book is basically about her.
I did however enjoy this book. Vesper is a good character in her own right, but she's not The Vagrant. She sadly doesn't have the same presence or aura, she's sort of a backseat driver to the will of the sword.
The Kid absolutely steals the show in this book.
I'm very intrigued to see how things go in The Seven!
I did however enjoy this book. Vesper is a good character in her own right, but she's not The Vagrant. She sadly doesn't have the same presence or aura, she's sort of a backseat driver to the will of the sword.
The Kid absolutely steals the show in this book.
I'm very intrigued to see how things go in The Seven!
nisball's review against another edition
3.0
Solid 3.5. Tried a bit hard to continue the goat charm.
mridzyreads's review against another edition
4.0
The Vagrant has hung up his sword. He is tired. The enemy is everywhere. So he finds a secluded spot where humanity thrives and makes his world just on the outskirts with his kid. And goat. THE GOAT.
There is a faint sense of peace prevailing in the winds. The knights are old, the seven are asleep and the demons hold the truce. The fear of The Malice keeps them at bay. But a far greater evil is bubbling from the rift and even the demons who have made the mortal realm their home are afraid of it.
Meanwhile the sword sings, eager to vanquish the demons but the bearer, the Vagrant is content at home watching his child grow. So the sword fucks him over and allows his child to hold it. And thus the journey of the singing sword, the Malice continues. This time, with a tiny little child as its bearer.
Onwards to close the rift once and for all. To make friends where foes exist.
There is a faint sense of peace prevailing in the winds. The knights are old, the seven are asleep and the demons hold the truce. The fear of The Malice keeps them at bay. But a far greater evil is bubbling from the rift and even the demons who have made the mortal realm their home are afraid of it.
Meanwhile the sword sings, eager to vanquish the demons but the bearer, the Vagrant is content at home watching his child grow. So the sword fucks him over and allows his child to hold it. And thus the journey of the singing sword, the Malice continues. This time, with a tiny little child as its bearer.
Onwards to close the rift once and for all. To make friends where foes exist.
sade's review against another edition
2.0
i wish goodreads would let you click a half star instead of full stars when you want to give a book .5 stars. Anyways i'm totally going with an unpopular opinion here and rating this 2.5 stars.
This book just didn't do it for me, which is ugh so sad. One of my biggest problems was that at a point everything was just so anti climatic. Look, You spend chunks of the book just travelling with Vesper and you get just one chapter, one measly chapter (I'm really not kidding) of Vesper finally at the breach and her mission is over before the end of the chapter. This book has Twenty Nine chapters. It's almost like things just happen in the book and you're like 'umm okay is that it?"
Also like the Vagrant in between chapters you get story from years past, unlike the Vagrant where that eventually ties up with the main story, this one just leaves you with more questions. I'm still not clear on how Massassi's gets her "powers", heck i'm still not clear on who she is. It was just confusing really.
Then the writing, i dunno i can't say Peter Newman's writing is the best at times, description wise i think he's pretty good but sometimes it feels like you're reading unfinished sentences.
All in all for me Peter Newman frankly fails to deliver for this book. I heard it's a trilogy so maybe the next book does way better than this.
This book just didn't do it for me, which is ugh so sad. One of my biggest problems was that at a point everything was just so anti climatic. Look, You spend chunks of the book just travelling with Vesper and you get just one chapter, one measly chapter (I'm really not kidding) of Vesper finally at the breach and her mission is over before the end of the chapter. This book has Twenty Nine chapters. It's almost like things just happen in the book and you're like 'umm okay is that it?"
Also like the Vagrant in between chapters you get story from years past, unlike the Vagrant where that eventually ties up with the main story, this one just leaves you with more questions. I'm still not clear on how Massassi's gets her "powers", heck i'm still not clear on who she is. It was just confusing really.
Then the writing, i dunno i can't say Peter Newman's writing is the best at times, description wise i think he's pretty good but sometimes it feels like you're reading unfinished sentences.
All in all for me Peter Newman frankly fails to deliver for this book. I heard it's a trilogy so maybe the next book does way better than this.
trashroyal's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
mjporterauthor's review against another edition
First things first, I've not read the Vagrant, but having received a free EArc of The Seven (Book 3) I dived right into it and then realised that I really should read, at least, the previous book.
The Malice starts very strongly - the world created feels both relatable and also very strange. This sums up much of the novel. The main characters of Vesper, and the Kid, are introduced very quickly and immediately feel like realistic characters. Yet the author's writing style is spare, almost to distraction, substituting words that sound like what they describe as opposed to describing them, for instance a WarMech. For me this meant that I was constantly grasping at even the smallest amount of description, which was strange because I often find author's engaging in too much description and it annoys me, this was the complete opposite.
For all that, the world is richly imagined, in all its strangeness and it is very strange, and this makes it, at times, quite a difficult read, and that's why it's taken me a month to read because I just had to take a break half way through because the 'weirdness' and the writing style was giving me something of a headache.
For all that, the book is worthy of perseverance and I'm looking forward to reading The Seven.
All in all, not an easy read, but quite an intriguing one.
The Malice starts very strongly - the world created feels both relatable and also very strange. This sums up much of the novel. The main characters of Vesper, and the Kid, are introduced very quickly and immediately feel like realistic characters. Yet the author's writing style is spare, almost to distraction, substituting words that sound like what they describe as opposed to describing them, for instance a WarMech. For me this meant that I was constantly grasping at even the smallest amount of description, which was strange because I often find author's engaging in too much description and it annoys me, this was the complete opposite.
For all that, the world is richly imagined, in all its strangeness and it is very strange, and this makes it, at times, quite a difficult read, and that's why it's taken me a month to read because I just had to take a break half way through because the 'weirdness' and the writing style was giving me something of a headache.
For all that, the book is worthy of perseverance and I'm looking forward to reading The Seven.
All in all, not an easy read, but quite an intriguing one.
mauricekofi's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
tonyriver's review against another edition
4.0
An intriguing world and a wonderfully precocious hero with her perpetual companion, the kid. The Malice almost gets a personality of its own as well.
It took me a while to become used to this writing style, but it worked well for this story. I will now speak out the first book of this series and await the sequel...
It took me a while to become used to this writing style, but it worked well for this story. I will now speak out the first book of this series and await the sequel...