Darth Richard Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Female friends?Actually, a few of them, yes.But just look at how popular Fifty Shades or Outlander is with women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 I'm hoping that Wert, Aidan, or Pat reviews the third book. I think I would only end up buying it and reading it (after the disaster of the previous novel) if all three of them said it was good. :/We'll see. I've not been encouraged by some of the early reviews, like Jared's at Pornokitsch, whose opinion mirrors my own regarding the second book. Even the positive reviews don't seem to suggest that any of the flaws from the second book have been fixed. Rather, it seem like those who liked The Desert Spear will like The Daylight War, and those who didn't, won't.I have a copy. I'll decide at some point if I'm going to read it. But it's been sitting on my kindle for two months, so I'm clearly not in a rush. It's a shame, since I loved the first book so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Pat will give it 7.5 stars. I'm calling it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I actually liked both books well enough. But I dunno if I wanna read another 800 pages of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faint Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 The tone and general characteristics of the new book are not any different than the previous two, and Leesha slides into further absurdity, but the story itself is somewhat of an improvement and its ending is a much stronger finish than the one found in The Desert Spear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfTinyKittens Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 *shrug* like I said I enjoye the first two a great deal despite the issues. I would say I enjoyed the Krasian storyline more than the others, but I think non-hillbilly Arlen is the most interesting character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrj Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 These books get worse and worse. Such a cool concept ruined by the second and third book. Honestly some of the worst character development / dialogue I've ever read in my life. AH ENT LYIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I've started The Daylight War now. Don't know how long it's going to take me to read it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 New review from The Mad Hatter's Bookshelf.The Daylight War keeps the quality to near the same level as previous volumes while turning up the pacing, but if you haven't dug what's happened so far than this isn't the series for you. If you like your Fantasy big, dramatic, and with characters you grow to love the Demon Cycle will be quite memorable. With The Daylight War, Brett reaffirms his high place in modern Epic Fantasy. I give The Daylight War 4 out of 5 hats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayn Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I am just starting to read The Daylight War, and the hillbilly talk between Arlen and Renna really started bugging me in book two, and I am finding myself putting the book down because of the horrid dialogue. Ent is infuriating, it isn't a replacement for ain't. If any author/editor takes anything from these books it should be to never EVER let anyone do this again. It is mind boggling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Holy shit, don't read Karen Miller's um, wtf, those mage books, i forget the name. The hillbilly talk in that makes Brett's look like Shakespeare.In fact, don't red Karen Miller because its shit. I don't know why I read those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigei Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 This whole thread is not encouraging me to read The Daylight War. Any other opinions? The hillbilly thing sounds especially dire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 This whole thread is not encouraging me to read The Daylight War. Any other opinions? The hillbilly thing sounds especially dire.If you didn't like the second one, I'd say give it a miss. It's more of the same, only with an even less relevant series of flashbacks and even less forwards plot progression. This is a series is getting increasingly dire with each book, which is annoying as the refinements to the magic system are interesting. I think it still has the potential to end well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfTinyKittens Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Edit - Wrong thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castel Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 If you didn't like the second one, I'd say give it a miss. It's more of the same, only with an even less relevant series of flashbacks and even less forwards plot progression. This is a series is getting increasingly dire with each book, which is annoying as the refinements to the magic system are interesting. I think it still has the potential to end well.Wait, wasn't Daylight War supposed to be the final book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbound Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Wait, wasn't Daylight War supposed to be the final book?I think there are supposed to be 5 if I'm not mistaken. Do some more research on the book before buying into Adam's negative review. The majority of them out there are much, much more positive. I'm not sure how he felt the plot doesn't advance, but a metric shit ton of character development, and changes occur, not to mention a wonderful fleshing out of the world that they inhabit. If you get a chance, look up Mark Lawrence's review on Goodreads, it says what I can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbound Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 I am just starting to read The Daylight War, and the hillbilly talk between Arlen and Renna really started bugging me in book two, and I am finding myself putting the book down because of the horrid dialogue. Ent is infuriating, it isn't a replacement for ain't. If any author/editor takes anything from these books it should be to never EVER let anyone do this again. It is mind boggling.Don't ever read any Twain, or Welsh for that matter. This isn't a new thing. Surprised it's bothering you that much. It's how they speak. Brings life to the character's dialog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Do some more research on the book before buying into Adam's negative review. The majority of them out there are much, much more positive. I'm not sure how he felt the plot doesn't advance, but a metric shit ton of character development, and changes occur, not to mention a wonderful fleshing out of the world that they inhabit. If you get a chance, look up Mark Lawrence's review on Goodreads, it says what I can't.The only character to be developed further is Inevera. Leesha devolves considerably from the character we met in Book 1. The other characters stay pretty much exactly where they were at the end of Book 2. The plot scratches forward by about 30 days, with one big battle occurring which is full of awesome-cool special effects, but doesn't really move things forward very much.If people like the book, that's great for them. But saying it has tons of character development and plot movement is simply not true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 If you get a chance, look up Mark Lawrence's review on Goodreads, it says what I can't.Here is the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigei Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Alright, I think I will give it a pass for now. I will simply wait until the end then read it then. The thing is, I did like the first book and I would like to find out how it all ends but I am no longer super-enthused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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