Reviews and Comments

I genuinely like the writing style. Writing int as a story is definitely infinitely better than any other "recipe" book.

That being said, as of 2024 this book reads full of cliches; and the MC being the macho American ex navy just destroys a bunch of different great points

Has interesting points but not mind blowing (obviously this is 11 years after initial writing)

To me this reads like something from the same place where Studio Ghibli draws inspiration from.

The ambience of the story, the flow and the characters. I grabbed this book randomly and I'm so very happy I did

Big meh book. Lots of re-hashed stuff. It feels like it was written a lifetime ago as well

So far this reads like a fusion of "The Daevabad Trilogy" meets "Shades of Magic"

And not a lot of differences other than the bare minimum to not make it a copy

In itself is not a bad book. But if you have read the other 2 sagas this just feels like a half baked copy

Quite interesting and fun style. Definitely enjoyed it

A wee update. I didn't know about this book. Wasn't even sure what it was about when it popped in my library (audiobooks one)

Started listening without knowing a thing about it and imagine my surprise when the narration style seemed familiar, and then the universe felt quite similar to other stories; and then a character's description sounded a lot like old acquaintances... and next thing I know I'm in the Shades of Magic world and meeting with old friends (characters) that I had forgotten but quickly became comfortable with one another

That's it. That's the update

This book is terrible. Flat characters and a very boring story :/ Honestly don't understand the hype for Dan Brown.

Perhaps he has better works but at least this one was plain and painful

From the entire saga so far; I'm finding this book less engaging. I'm haven't a hard time consuming it and the whole gist of it still escapes me

I'm hoping it will gain momentum as I continue with it

I know this is a very old saga; regardless I was not expecting it to be this engaging

There are definitely a few 🚩s along the way, but those can easily be attributed to the time when the books were written

The way Paul walks between destiny/fate and desire to break the chains is very well defined.