Evan Winter Is On To Something With The Rage of Dragons And I'm Here For It
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- Mike gives a non-spoiler review of the first book in The Burning series by Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons.
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Hey bookworms! Sorry for the delay in getting this review done. I didn't want to release it the same day as Merphy.
Come on Mike, give me a break, you're already making me read Stormlight Archive, the First Law trilogy, possibly Red Rising and now this too?!
You're too good at selling these books
Ha ha, I'd recommend it below the ones you listed at least.
Yeah R.I.P Wallet.
I loved the subtle evolution of Tau’s internal monologue. It matches his physical growth throughout the book and is really good foreshadowing for how his character changes. Most believable powering up of a main protagonist since Vin!
I'm not ready to put him up there with Vin, but that's just because she's one of my favorite heroines ever. Tau does have great growth in this.
This book is amazing! You really did it justice with your review!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Just finished ... OMG! This was totally Gladiator. I have a tendency of going into my mental files and picking a song that plays in the back of my mind as I read and I could totally hear “To Victory” from the 300 Soundtrack and “Wonder Woman’s Wrath” from the Wonder Woman Soundtrack throughput its entirety. I truly love this book and so look forward to the next installment.
Nearly 20 minutes and no spoilers! I usually spoil the hell out of books when I review them (a benefit of having no listeners haha). Nice review mate, this book is on my TBR list.
DG and Merphy's rave reviews actually compelled me to pick this up, but found your channel because i was looking for a fresh/different voice (also the ammt of SK content).
I am reading this book right now and can't put it down...I read The Poppy War last month and had a similar experience. I am loving these different takes on fantasy inspired by cultures outside of the 'traditional' euro fantasy.
Just wanted to say that your opinions are worth sharing, keep up the good work!
RoD is a fun, quick read. Very much looking forward to the sequel.
funny i DNF both those books and thought they were bad
Man, your killing it IMHO. This has been sat in my tbr for a while was ment to be reading now... But chose best served cold instead 👀 p.s keep up the good work!
Best Served Cold is a better book, so you chose wisely.
Man. I love your take on these books, i´ve said it before i just love your take
it´s so awsome. Like a conversation really
That's what I'm going for. I'm far from a critic, just a fan telling you what I thought and asking for your opinions.
OK you are the 3rd booktuber that says it is awesome so i am going to have to read it soon.
It seems to be universally loved among booktubers.
Great review! RoD really captured my attention like no other book in recent memory. I've recommended it to all of my friends and have had 5-6 of them pick it up and love it. 2 of those were not even readers/fantasy people and they are so excited for book 2. I think this book has the potential for a reach that goes beyond just typical fantasy readers.
I need book 2 now 😂😭😭
Yeah, I really wanted book 2 when I was done. The sign of a great start.
Your channel is indeed growing fast! And it’s good. Because it’s good and growing, people are going to hate on what you do. Great review! I’m thinking about picking this one up.
I like to think I'm pretty thickskinned, but I'd be lying if I said some of the more vitriolic feedback on the rating system review didn't bug me today. More because this channel has always been super positive. But I figure as it grows, these kinds of things are going to happen.
Mike's Book Reviews The positive will still be there, especially with your original community. I see that some of the bigger booktubers don’t pay a whole lot of attention to their comment section except for their main group of people. People they trust. I think this happens for several reasons, a big one being the trolls who have nothing better to do than spread negativity. I think that you’re channel is going to be a big one. You came at the exact right time and discuss what’s really popular within the book community, which is fantasy books. Anyone with half a brain can see that your exceptionally passionate about this topic. Unfortunately, the trolls will only grow, but I’m certain you’ll overcome it. 😉
Some are critical of the central character’s motivations and personality. Also, some complain about the repeated fight scenes. While reading, I do admit that the central character was sometimes annoying in his choice of actions but never to the point where it detracted from the story. As for the fight scenes, each time one happened, I would think ok, here we go again. But incredibly, each scene just seemed to get better and better, despite being somewhat repetitive. The magic system was very cool and the world itself a fresh take over the stereotypical European setting. Looking forward to Book 2.
I think its a good thing multiple channels i watch review the same books. It is nice hearing different peoples on opinions. It helps me at least to make a decision if i want to read a book or not.
I just finished this book, and to run and pick up second on the series. My goodness this was a good book.
I just finished this book about 10 minutes ago. I cannot come close to saying how much I loved this book. I couldn't put it down. And now, I can't start the next book in my TBR because my brain is on fire.
Damn brotha, for some reason you used to look like a young version of the rival headmaster from Jujutsu Kaisen! (Yoshinobu Gakuganji)
When he finally reveals his power
I hate when I see comments like you mentioned about copying other channels. It makes me nervous about posting some of my own reviews of certain books when I start this week. If people read the same genre, we're bound to read some of the same books!
Those three has such a huge head start on me that there's damn near no way I'm going to read some of the more popular books before them.
@@mikesbookreviews Exactly, plus there is no way I could read 10 books a month! I wish I could though, haha!
I love the orphan farm boy trope !!!
Ha ha of course WE do. But a lot of the more “modern” fantasy folks are over it.
Its overdone.
Sold me on this as soon as you compared it to Red Rising in terms of action. Definitely going to check this out
I loved this book. Ploughed through it in 3 days
For what it’s worth, I love your channel...
I loved Red Rising but never really thought of it as grim dark. But if this is anything like Red Rising, I will give it a try.
Been waiting for this review - I too enjoyed but felt it was a little long in the buildup then just kinda wrapped up
But it was definitely cool to not be in the trad fantasy world of "europe"
I swear the last chapter was Tau looking at the camera and saying FIND OUT IN THE SEQUEL
Mike's Book Reviews same Tau time, same Tau channel
My googlej-fu skills are weak. Is there a list of character and location names somewhere? I'm listening to it on audible and ABSOLUTELY loving it, but it can be a little hard to distinguish character names at times.
If there is, I can't find it. That's why I went ahead and bought the hardcover.
This is in my To Read list. Friend of mine just finished reading it.
It's really fun.
Reading this now! Tao hasn't been tested yet. But it's getting close.
That’s it I’m buying this book😅 great review mike!
Enjoy!
Rather than Gladiator i think the better comparison is a different Russell Crowe move "Cinderlla Man".
Thanks for the review!!
I just ordered this book, I will probably check it out after ryhtmh of war
As one of the guys who finished it in the first week of the read-along, I can confirm it's a page-turner.
That doesn't make it exceptional, it's a basic action packed fantasy story. Very trope heavy, and indeed nothing wrong with that, but it doesn't try to do anything special with them.
The writing is fine. I would compare it to a rollercoaster or wild water ride you've been on a couple times. Fun, over in a minute but nothing new.
For an African inspired setting I didn't see that much out of the ordinary. Take away the names and the setting and story could just as easily have been European or Asian flavored.
I can't really disagree with any of the criticism here.
Thanks ! This helps me on whether I want to pick it up or not. How would you compare the Poppy War to this? If you've read it. Coz I hear these two compared a lot
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Haven't read Poppy War yet, so can't speak on that comparison..
As for Rage of Dragons the verdict in the read-along varied between mildly positive to very positive, and like I said it's a quick read. If you're even mildly interested my advice would be to pick it up 😊
@@robpaul7544 thanks! I appreciate the heads up:)
Will read thanks to you.
Hope you enjoy it!
This is definitely on my re-read list....I gave it a 3/5, but the more I think of the story the more I think it's a 4/5...my re-read will probably show that....can't wait for the sequel...really enjoyed the read along.... didn't want to get too far ahead because I was afraid that I might spoil some parts but it worked out all good.👍📚 MORE SEX SCENES
It's tough reviewing book 1 of a series that isn't complete because I feel like there are things that could end up really good or just plain bad depending on how it lands. I'm hoping this one has things that land because the set up was great.
Will you do the review on Jade City? Thanks :)
Not anytime soon. I still haven’t even gotten the book.
@@mikesbookreviews looking forward to your reviews on the Green Bone Saga!
There's a lot of Gladiator and almost no GOT (political intrigues) on it. Overall is a good book
Yeah, there's not GoT in this. Publisher just going for a cheap pop.
Is the audibook good? Omg I dont wanna learn caste systems or lingo.
Is it really dat good
Tau is high comm.... oh nvm
Red Rising is fucking awesome.
If you like African inspired fantasy you should check out Imaro
What's that about?
@@Z3ROMythImaro set the record for African fantasy. Read it!
I thought this book was great. I think you nailed it about the romance but could have gone farther in criticizing the very small time women were in the book. While a great read I did feel thia book was young adult but I do not mind that I just feel it was being pushed to the GOT audience and that was a little misleading.
Sadly everything modern fantasy is being marketed as that right now
The Poppy War is better.
Just sayin.
The comparisons to Lord Grimdark is what first caught my interest. Definitely want to read her and Anna Smith Spark next year.
Fuck is that
Whirrun of Bligh Poppy Wars is going to be pretty hard to beat for a Debut novel
Is this book politically neutral? I watched an interview with the author and he was very politically woke.
There's no political propaganda on it, if that's what you asked...
@@jonathanduarte9260 Good to hear, going to give this a go then!
Its a FANTASY book about dragons and warriors etc - What does that have to do with a writers political views ?
@@dpeady78 You can use anything as a political tool, even fantasy as I have found out.
Matt Newman so you won’t read anything that has a differing viewpoint than your own, even with a fantastical setting?
I find that fascinating