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Kihrin, l'apprendista di un bardo, è cresciuto ascoltando storie di gesta leggendarie. Costretto a rubare per sopravvivere alla povertà dei bassifondi di Quur, una sera fa irruzione nella casa sbagliata e viene marchiato da un demone: da quel momento in avanti la sua vita non sarà più la stessa. La difficile situazione di Kihrin lo porta al cospetto dei reali, che lo rivendicano come il figlio del loro principe perduto da tempo. Ma, lungi dal vivere il sogno di una vita di fasti e onori, Kihrin è in balìa delle spietate ambizioni della sua nuova famiglia, e quando cerca di fuggire dalla sua gabbia dorata non fa che peggiorare le cose. È ormai succube del ruolo di cui è stato investito e non c'è più scampo per lui, erede ritrovato di un regno ormai non più privo di corona come vuole l'antica profezia. Così ogni fazione - dèi, demoni, draghi e maghi - lo rivendica come propria pedina e tutte quelle vecchie storie che aveva ascoltato sin da piccolo, in cui l'eroe vince sempre, diventano improvvisamente depositarie delle più aspre menzogne. O forse no... Forse Kihrin non è l'eroe, e il suo destino non è di salvare l'impero. Forse il disegno che il fato ha per lui è quello di distruggerlo... La Rovina dei re è il primo libro della straordinaria serie di Jenn Lyons, Il Coro dei Draghi, il debutto fantasy più atteso dell'anno. Un'opera straordinaria, nella quale profezia e magia si intrecciano in un'incredibile epopea sulle sorti di un impero conteso da dèi e demoni.
- ISBN: 8834739507
- Casa Editrice: Fanucci
- Pagine: 660
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ARC provided by the publisher—Tor Books—in exchange for an honest review. Convoluted and complex are probably understatements, but I don’t have any other words to describe the main attributes of this debut. For those of you who don’t know, The Ruin of Kings have been the fantasy debut that Tor has be Leggi tutto
Reread I don’t like the sprayed edges on this one. It looks like they might have been trying to do a grey color from the grey book (which I like better and am going to get) or maybe a light blue. Holy shit balls! This book was so confusing and so good, I don’t even know what all I just read!! My mind Leggi tutto
I FINALLY FINISHED THIS . I just massively want to self-five myself because three months alright. Three months . (Although partially this was my fault as I was listening to an audio and didn't have a lot of time to listen vs I would've been faster reading it with my own eyeballs. But the audio is A+ a Leggi tutto
We did this (myself and Emma) as a combined review for Fantasy Book Review which can be seen here. http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Je... These were my thoughts following on from what Emma had already written. I received a limited edition proof copy of The Ruin of Kings in exchange for an honest rev Leggi tutto
Kihrin is many things: orphan, thief, long lost son of a prince... destroyer of the world? Whatever else he is, he’s also having a really bad time of it. Everything he’s ever believed is lies, truths only discovered though violence and death. But since his new life involves evil magicians, a death c Leggi tutto
Have you ever been to denial town? Currently visiting and it sucks.... The Ruin of Kings has been on my radar ever since it was announced in 2018 being compared to Joe Abercrombie (one of my favorite authors), Patrick Rothfuss, and Brandon Sanderson. It sounded so good - a heavy dose of epic fantasy Leggi tutto
3.5 stars UPDATE: I am still chewing on this story, 7 months later. I had to bump it up to 4 stars for the sheer lasting effect alone. Maybe I love this? There is such a thing as too much, too fast, too deep, and too convoluted in high fantasy. This is it. Writing: ★★★★★ World Building: ★★★★★ Pacing: ★★ T Leggi tutto
3.5 stars I listened to this on audio and enjoyed the narration as there are 3 different narrators which helped make the jumps in time easier to follow as well as the footnotes. While this is an interesting world full of political machinations, it does become overly convoluted as the story goes on.
This is an odd one. Sometimes I wanted to give up on it, and sometimes I was totally hooked. If you're looking for a really detailed fantasy with a sprawling epic world with huge intrigue and schemes, then here you go. This one would be great to read with a friend, just to get a grip on some of the
3.5 stars, maybe 4 - may change as I review the full book upon publication. Who are you again??So sweet of you to ask. I’m Talon. I’ll be your murderer tonight. I recently finished reading this preview available on Netgalley of The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons and enjoyed it very much. I did have Leggi tutto
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