Furies of Calderon

DNF.

I really tried with this book.

I’m a big Harry Dresden fan and I’ve been eyeing other Jim Butcher books for a while now.

Tbh I wasn’t very interested in the blurb, but I thought, it’s by Jim Butcher and so many people rave about this book, I’ve got to give it a try.

Unfortunately the characters in this book bored me. From the blurb I mistakenly thought most of the action would revolve around Tavi. Instead the book meanders through a menagerie of characters, none which stands out and I wonder when the story would actually start. When we finally meet Tavi, his problems seems so paltry compared to everything else that is supposedly going on that I wonder why he is the main hero at all.

It takes the book a little over a quarter of the way through to get to the point described in two paragraphs by the blurb (Tavi finally meets and save the slave girl). It has taken me three months to get to this point.
Nothing interesting has happened so far and I’m just not engaged enough with the characters or the events to waste any more time on it.

I’m sorry Jim, this is a no go for me. I think I’ll just stick to your Harry Dresden series (tbh this series makes me very leary of trying your Cinder Spires series as well). ( )

I'm enjoying this story. Characters are afraid when it's appropriate instead of being ridiculously courageous. It's fluff and that's what I wanted. ( )

The villains are caricatures. It features "savages" that "eat human" flesh. The furies are cool. Ultimately, entertaining. ( )

Considering all the hype around this series I expected more. I didnt get enough of fantasy out of this book. I assume it is setting up the universe for the next few books so I will continue reading. It might be that "The Kingkiller Chronicle" has substantially increased my expectations. ( )

5*
Loved the characters both good and bad - some you just loved to hate! The plot was fast paced and reminded me a lot of Lord of the Rings. In fact, I saw some of plot twists coming due to this (the foreshadowing is pretty heavy handed). This has one of the most epic battle scenes I've encountered towards the end of the book, and I was seriously worried about some of the characters throughout it. Even though this was a little long at 502 pages, I felt like I flew through it. ( )