Cast in Oblivion (The Chronicles of Elantra, #14)

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POLITICS ARE HELLKaylin wasn t sent to the West March to start a war Her mission to bring back nine Barrani might do just that, though She traveled with a Dragon, and her presence is perceived as an act of aggression in the extremely hostile world of Barrani Dragon politics Internal Barrani politics are no less deadly, and Kaylin has managed barely to help the rescued Barrani evade both death and captivity at the hands of the Consort.Before the unplanned visit to the West March, Kaylin invited the Consort to dinner For obvious reasons, Kaylin wants to cancel dinner forever But the Consort is going to show up at the front door at the agreed upon time The fact that she tried to imprison Kaylin s guests doesn t matter at all to her.A private Barrani Hell, built of Shadow and malice, exists beneath the High Halls It is the High Court s duty to jail the creature at its heart even if it means that Barrani victims are locked in the cage with it The Consort is willing to do almost anything to free the trapped and end their eternal torment And she needs the help of Kaylin s houseguests and Kaylin herself Failure won t be death it s Hell And that s where Kaylin is going. Download Cast in Oblivion (The Chronicles of Elantra, #14) – kino-fada.fr 3.5 starsAfter reading fourteen books, I m pretty well invested in this series I love the world Sagara has built and have come to care about the characters who inhabit it ButThis book suffers from the same problems as its predecessors, primarily too much talk about magic and not enough action For about half the book hundreds of pages Kaylin and the cohort work up to the dinner with the Consort while talking about magic , then during the get together talkabout magic, and afterward 3.5 starsAfter reading fourteen books, I m pretty well invested in this series I love the world Sagara has built and have come to care about the characters who inhabit it ButThis book suffers from the same problems as its predecessors, primarily too much talk about magic and not enough action For about half the book hundreds of pages Kaylin and the cohort work up to the dinner with the Consort while talking about magic , then during the get together talkabout magic, and afterwards talk about it someLots of speculation about what might happen during the Test of Name and what lies in the Tower For almost two thirds of the book, there are perhaps a couple of minor conflicts, each resolved within a scant number of pages For most of the book I wanted to scream, Get on with it already One of my other primary gripes about this series has been the lack of personal growth on Kaylin s part To my re...WARNING This rant is a personal opinion.As you can see from my review on book 1 I wrote a few months ago, I m a huge fan of the series, but that doesn t mean I don t get annoyed after 14 books Back to the review Repetition there was a lot of it It was the wrong kind of repetition To the point where we lose the identity of the character as they are all saying the same or similar sentences throughout the 14 books.Infro dump a lot A lot of info dump It made Gergana very mad In all sen WARNING This rant is a personal opinion.As you can see from my review on book 1 I wrote a few months ago, I m a huge fan of the series, but that doesn t mean I don t get annoyed after 14 books Back to the review Repetition there was a lot of it It was the wrong kind of repetition To the point where we lose the identity of the character as they are all saying the same or similar sentences throughout the 14 books.Infro dump a lot A lot of info dump It made Gergana very mad In all senses of the word.Logic who needs it, when you have magic that fixes everything when the plot is stuck for 9 hours The author does try to provide us with logic about the world and magic that, sadly, is still illogical to Gergana Maybe Gergana is just stupid It is a possibility Yes, there we...Audible version.I find Kailyn puerile, in all things if I m honest This book did little to assuage me of that feeling I should disclose this isn t a new feeling I listened to the audible version of this book although the narrator did well, through no fault of her own this book was a monotonous if not prosaic listen However, the alternative is reading it myself I m sure the audible version is the better option All that said, I m invested in the world find the secondary char Audible version.I find Kailyn puerile, in all things if I m honest This book did little to assuage me of that feeling I should disclose this isn t a new feeling I listened to the audible version of this book although the narrator did well, through no fault of her own this book was a monotonous if not prosaic listen However, the alternative is reading it myself I m sure the audible version is the better option All that said, I m invested in the world find the secondary characters interesting I will in all likelihood continue the ...I hate everyone who reads this book before meWhen you are fourteen books into a series, obviously, there is something that you like about the series and has kept you reading book after book I am no exception I love the overall premise and potential of the story I like several of the characters Kaylin, Nightshade, and Mandoran being my top three favorites I find myself liking Hope and Spike a little bitafter this book, when previously I found the familiar very annoying I also liked Evarrim, Ynpharion, and Emmerian in this one T When you are fourteen books into a series, obviously, there is something that you like about the series and has kept you reading book after book I am no exception I love the overall premise and potential of the story I like several of the characters Kaylin, Nightshade, and Mandoran being my top three favorites I find myself liking Hope and Spike a little bitafter this book, when previously I found the familiar very annoying I also liked Evarrim, Ynpharion, and Emmerian in this one The world building is well done The overall story continues at a slow build My biggest gripe with this particular book is that over 60% of it is comprised of discussion and introspection Okay now, granted, at this point it s book 14 and I have the grudging expectation that ...Need to ReviewNote There were a few moments when I argued at the book I know It s silly You can t argue with a book but I did This series is one where I can safely say that I ll wait till the end to see how I feel Those parts where I argued with the book I ll proba...Loved reading this book I just love this series so much This book dived into another aspect of Barrani, with the test since the Cohort is taking it So great, and I enjoyed it so much Can t wait for the next bookOriginally published at Reading RealityThings are like other things The stories we ve read in the past affect how we view the stories we read in the present There was a point in Cast in Oblivion where one of the characters describes Ravellon as the spike that is holding all of the parallel worlds together and I had an OMG moment and realized that Ravellon might be Amber In Roger Zelazny s incredible epic urban fantasy series, beginning with Nine Princes in Amber, Amber is the one true world a Originally published at Reading RealityThings are like other things The stories we ve read in the past affect how we view the stories we read in the present There was a point in Cast in Oblivion where one of the characters describes Ravellon as the spike that is holding all of the parallel worlds together and I had an OMG moment and realized that Ravellon might be Amber In Roger Zelazny s incredible epic urban fantasy series, beginning with Nine Princes in Amber, Amber is the one true world and all the other worlds, including ours, are mere s...So, I obviously like the series because I m reading book 14, but much of the book felt like a very large info dump We have stuff from the dragon court s background info on the Barrani We havefrom the Arkon We getfrom all the people in Kaylin s head.Honestly, very little happens in most of the book.Even though there s a lot of info dump, you definitely can t start here This is all building on things you should already know and people you ve already encountered None of it would m So, I obviously like the series because I m reading book 14, but much of the book felt like a very large info dump We have stuff from the dragon court s background info on the Barrani We havefrom the Arkon We getfrom all the people in Kaylin s head.Honestly, very little happens in most of the book.Even though there s a lot of info dump, you definitely can t start here This is all building on things you should already know and people you ve already encountered None of it would make sense without earlier books.I miss her doing active Hawk stuff I miss her doing midnight runs as a midwife I can understand how work can stop al...2.5 starsThe last quarter of this was quite good Until then, however, it was kind of excruciating to get through At about the halfway point I realized I felt like I was listening to an on going info dump being framed as an on going mental masturbation exercise I also had a very difficult time figuring out which character was speaking and whether or not they were speaking out loud to everyone or mentally to one specific person, or several specific persons.And yeah, I m REALLY tired of an MC th 2.5 starsThe last quarter of this was quite good Until then, however, it was kind of excruciating to get through At about the halfway point I realized I felt like I was listening to an on going info dump being framed as an on going mental masturbation exercise I also had a very difficult time figuring out which character was speaking and whether or not they were speaking out loud to everyo...Raw instinctual compassion Kaylin as always terrifies me even as I admire her woundness and the place her understandings come from Very much like her various companions who also love her, even as she annoy...Have I really given this book four stars Yes, yes I have and I mean it despite how frustrating it was, how frustrating this entire series is Never have I had so much information about a fantasy world and its magical system hurled at me and yet been left me feeling so ignorant about how it all actually works It s deep and complex and wordy and opaque Something about true names and runes and sigils, the need to fit them together or something.Kaylin s character arc is also frustrating In fourt Have I really given this book four stars Yes, yes I have and I mean it despite how frustrating it was, how frustrating this entire series is Never have I had so much information about a fantasy world and its magical system hurled at me and yet been left me feeling so ignorant about how it all actually works It s deep and complex and wordy and opaque Something about true names and runes and sigils, the need to fit them together or something.Kaylin s character arc is also frustrating In fourteen books she s intervened in all the race...

Cast in Oblivion (The Chronicles of Elantra, #14)
  • English
  • 05 July 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 544 pages
  • Michelle Sagara
  • Cast in Oblivion (The Chronicles of Elantra, #14)