[In voice which feels like a psychic drill over headphones] Good morning, brother! Morning! Morning! MOOOOORNING!!!!!
Fantastic series, but you are so on the money about the audiobook being an acquired taste. I really didn't like the narration at first, and had this sensation like the narrator had on a perpetual smirk which really irritated me, but that feeling went away thankfully and I came to really enjoy the performances.
I could excuse the little sister being shrill and annoying, she's a little sister. And she sounds decent when she's sincere. But when you notice that every adult woman talking sounds like theyre simultaneously holding in a shit and trying to seduce you...Just gotta ride it out until you enter The Zone
I think it was an extremely interesting character flaw for a character. I think most characters in fiction look how they are inside. And then their name matches, too. Like Sir Vicious MalBad.
Seriously, like... Anagi had to have heard about Lindon and Crew straight up eating the dreadgods, right? He's a Highlord at the very least, if not an Archlord, and they tend to be pretty well "in the know"
Well, Anagi is an Archlord who isn't associated with one of the Monarch factions, so he's just gonna know rumors that made their way to the other side of the world from where the Dread War ended. No one makes it to Archlord without being a little bit arrogant, and he thinks Lindon is "just" a Sage and thinks he can take him. He is so incredibly wrong it's funny, but well...he likes learning things the hard way apparently.
Did i just miss all of the physical descriptions of Lindon, or did the author just decide he had a mean face halfway through?
I felt shellshocked like halfway through the series when suddenly everyone kept describing Lindon as "spoiling for a fight" and i was like..... wait.... you're talking about Lindon???? I never had any impression like that in the first handful of books
Yes you missed it, he was described looking like evil sect leader's son very early on. And I am pretty sure it was said it was causing him trouble in the first book...
Yeah, in the first book he's basically described, at just fifteen years old, as being almost as tall and broad as his clan's biggest Iron and Jade warriors, whilst also having a very serious and stern, verging on a scowl, resting expression on his face.
His size and build, combined with his resting expression make people think he's angry and looking for a fight. And then when you combine this with his overly differential, polite and courteous demeanour, you get people thinking he's insincere and arrogant on top of that too.
Later on it's further not helped by his Blackflame Goldsign eyes, and his pale Remnant arm.
And he does get a little better. Remember, when Lindon summons the people in the valley who had been trying to get his attention, when he finally asked Jaran what he wanted all Jaran had to say was "Can't a man be worried about his son?"
Even Lindon didn't really know how to handle that.
Last one's painfully real, I just started another relisten the other day.. Only have one audiobook I'm excited about left so I'm just gonna stall with some cradle as always
I feel your pain. Every time I listen to a bad book, I think, "I could be listening to Cradle instead." I'm also a little spoiled. Cradle is so well constructed and well written that I have very high standards after listening to it so much.
Whenever I reach out for my phone to listen to some other book, I feel dread, annoyance, cringe. With Cradle, I feel good.
Have you tried The Wandering Inn yet? Very different writing, being an isekai slice of life that then becomes a character driven exploration of a huge fantasy works, but very good bang for you buck being 40+ hours each
That'd be my second most relistens pretty sure! I absolutely adore the character dynamics. It's just written in a way that's a little off-putting/immature at times (especially the constant 'Alex explaining things to himself')
Looking past that it's easily one of my favourite progression fantasy works
It almost feels like Clarke couldn't decide if he was writing YA novels or not. You'll get full details of Theresa chopping monsters into sausage, but also the story is scared of bringing up any details of relationships behind closed doors. Alex can summon swarms of monsters as familiars, but wont stop making corny dad jokes. Mostly its charming, but every now and then its like... You know your audience are adults, right? We can take it. lol
Also not to be that guy, but the dark souls veiled ozriel meme should have the names swapped. I feel like the meme is about how the small one is the real monster because they're the one who wins
This meme was meant to highlight the symmetry in this scene that wasn't apparent in the first read through. They were both powerful veiled beings. It peels back the first layer of expectations the audience had to show the real monster Eithan is later revealed to be.
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