Sean Gursky reviewed The invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen (The Queen of the Tearling -- volume 2)
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3 stars
In the Queen of the Tearling I made a comment in my review about the setting of this world and benefit it would have on the story: Unless something from our current world has value or use in the story I'm not sure there is a benefit to setting the story in a semi-fictional universe.
Through flashbacks my wish was granted and it was a disappointment. The flashbacks were an annoyance more than benefit but after Lucy's story progressed a bit and had some development these parts of the story weren't entirely a chore to read. However, if I wanted post apocalyptic/world has gone mad and civil liberties are in jeopardy I would read Margaret Atwood. I wasn't expecting a dystopia twist on a high fantasy but after some resistance I'll accept it.
Everything relating to the pre Crossing now raises more questions than answers and as much as I …
In the Queen of the Tearling I made a comment in my review about the setting of this world and benefit it would have on the story: Unless something from our current world has value or use in the story I'm not sure there is a benefit to setting the story in a semi-fictional universe.
Through flashbacks my wish was granted and it was a disappointment. The flashbacks were an annoyance more than benefit but after Lucy's story progressed a bit and had some development these parts of the story weren't entirely a chore to read. However, if I wanted post apocalyptic/world has gone mad and civil liberties are in jeopardy I would read Margaret Atwood. I wasn't expecting a dystopia twist on a high fantasy but after some resistance I'll accept it.
Everything relating to the pre Crossing now raises more questions than answers and as much as I want to focus on the current storyline I will have to go through flashbacks to fill in the blanks.
The present/current time storyline was more enjoyable and it kept me going each time Dalinar would receive a vision from Stormfather...oh, wrong book.
Could the story progress without Kelsea needing to live through the life of another person? Probably. If everything about the pre Crossing is left as an unknown and characters only speak about rumors over a pint or around a campfire like a ghost story that would have added some mystic to the event instead of it being hampered by experiencing it.
I enjoyed the books enough to keep reading but the star rating has dropped because the dystopian flashbacks seem unnecessary.
