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LaurasLibraryCard commented on LaurasLibraryCard's review of Throne in the Dark

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  • Throne in the Dark
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    Dec 22, 2024
    Throne in the Dark
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    This book is a tough one to talk about. The world is complex but somewhat poorly explained, and there is a big info dump at the start. There were forces of Good and Evil and for years it has been Good dominating and yet the few Good people we see generally suck and many of the Evil people aren't so bad?

    I would say the biggest issue throughout is the tone which was very difficult for me to navigate. With regards to the tone, there was dark evil heavy content that was juxtaposed with goofy oddball content. Damien our main male character is serious and takes himself seriously, but the world around him was kind of silly. His demon hellfire father had a "hey there kiddo!" kind of voice and the dark cult that is in service to the Demon Lord is actually a group of bumbling buffoons? I would describe this tone as having vibes of Monty Python or The Princess Bride, both funny and annoying at turns. It almost felt like there were two writers, one who was edgy and dark and a second who was all young adult sweetness pulling back the reins, which led to more clashing than smooth coherency in my opinion.

    Another big frustration for me was the main female character of Amma, I felt like she really didn't have much of a personality and was constantly in need of help and rescuing . It was also extremely frustrating that she had no agency throughout this book (because magical reasons) and obviously that is more of Damian's fault, but it certainly didn't help me like her character.

    Overall this is a quest/ road trip kind of adventure, a slow burn with brewing sexual tension and a somewhat of a cliffhanger at the end of this first book in the series.

    Another reviewer points out that because this is a quest sort of adventure book it somehow felt aimless because the quest took a back seat, and to me it seemed sort of similar to linked D&D one shots with the same characters.

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    moving books around months in monthly plan

    I was hoping the monthly plan feature could be modified so books could be dragged to different months if there's no hope in hell of them getting read in such and such month (kind of like pins on pinterest). I saw that moving them around in the month is being added, but I'm thinking of dragging a book from the aug month to oct, etc.

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    Show percentage already read in library when a book is "paused"

    Wanted to maybe start a book again that I had in my "paused" category and it would be helpful if I could see how much I had already read without having to change it back to "currently reading" šŸ™

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    Click to enlarge cover images on web

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