I appreciate your way of reviewing a book by including what works and what doesn't work (what you wanted more of) with this book - your review creates so much space for individual tastes. I find this very helpful. Cheers :)
RJB is one of my favorite authors because he’s so imaginative! I think you’d love City of Stairs, based on the way you’ve talked about Godkiller. It has the weird, mysterious magic related to gods, and also a mystery being solved 🙌🏻
This actually encourages me to read Godkiller. It's on my tbr but not very high because I was sort of swinging between whether I would like it or not. But the City of Stairs trilogy was absolutely fantastic, one of my most highly recommended series, so of Godkiller is similar to that maybe I'll pick it up sooner 😊
Once again, You gave me a home run. You saved me three years ago after a seven book reading slump with Mask of Mirrors and finally I have finished my first book in 18 months with the Tainted Cup. This is why I appreciate your channel so much, because independent of our opinions and different tastes, I always find something magical through your reviews. Big thank you!
I'm about 70% of the way through The Tainted Cup and it's quickly turning into one of my new favs! Though I definitely understand what you mean by wanting more from the characters. Everything about the book makes me feel greedy for more, lol. Though I understand it'll be the first in a series, so hooray!
The Tainted Cup blew me away, it went straight onto my list of absolute favourite books. I was particularly impressed that both the fantasy and mystery elements were equally focused on and every bit as good as each other.
I loved the Tainted Cup more than Foundryside but I def agree with some of these comments, the story is laid out in a very RJB way and that just works for some and doesn't always hit for others!
As someone who also enjoys murder mysteries your bug was a feature to me. Since we are in the perspective of the investgator, we should have some distance to the suspects...
I love The Tainted Cup! I felt a connection with the character and and the world was amazing and the cover is gorgeous 🌼😊🌈🌈🌈😊🌈💞💛💜💜💜🦋🌺💐💖🌷🩵💘💛🌈🌸🌸💕🧡🧡💔🌺🌺💐💜💜💚💛💛💙💚💜🦋📚📚📙📙📚📚📖📖📖📖📖📚📙📙📙📙📚
this book was SOOOO MUCH FUN. i do tend to like mysteries so that part was good for me, but i do agree that it was missing just a little extra thing to make this a 5* read for me, and i gave it 4.5 instead hehe
AGHHH ive been waiting for this. i started this but had to finish other books so i couldn't fully commit to it so i decided to come back later but ive been wondering what you thought about it! so excited
There was a lot of interaction between Din and Ana, so that was kind of a weird comment. I do agree with you though about the mystery having too many different pieces and the investigation not being very participatory.
I enjoyed this enough but people on GR comparing it to Knives Out really hampered my expectations because it's nothing like Knives Out in terms of the type of whodunnit detective story Knives Out is. I liked the integration of botany and plants into the story itself but I really didn't care for the wider world, like it just felt like throwing way too many elements in to make this world SEEM more interesting than it actually is and a lot of it just felt out of place when paired with the detective story. I'll still be checking out book 2 when it releases, though; I enjoyed it enough for that.
I’m currently reading this. Isn’t this just Nero Wolf in fantasy setting? Though it might be interesting to see the slow world building and I wonder if there will be additional “sublimes” be included like Sual from the Wolf series. Wonder also if there will be a “Fritz the Cook” character paralleled.
This has been on my master TBR and I can't wait to get it. I especially love the naked hardcover. Speaking of the blood of the Leviathan.. it reminds me of the jnin blood in The Stardust Thief, only in that book it's the opposite where the jinn blood makes the otherwise barren desert green and lush.
I loved his Founders Trilogy, one of my all-time favorites and I can't wait to read his previous trilogy The Divine Cities.. then I'll go on with this one.
The enhancements and discussion of the longstanding ramifications of them remind me to "The Body Scout" by Lincoln Michel. It is a sci-fi thriller. I would highly recommend!
This was my first Robert Jackson Bennett and my favourite book of the year so far, partly because it was still fantasy but so different from other things I’ve read
I haven't read this one yet, but I just wanted to say, I wasn't the biggest fan of Foundryside, but the sequels were really great and very different from the first book. Maybe one day you wanna give it another try. :)
thank you for comparing it to the foundryside trilogy bc as somebody who just can't seem to get through that 1st book no matter what your vid convinced me to consider giving bennett a second chance here
I have never heard the concept of not wanting any of the suspects to be the culprit, pretty cool take but i don’t think i’ve read a mystery that made me that invested in the characters
Liked it a lot, if it was a standalone I'd be disappointed but since it's a series I'm okay with leaving a lot of the world building and character development for the rest of the series. Not my favorite book ever, but definitely a 5 star read and the series has potential to be a favorite in the future.
For me this book was a bit of a confusing read. I liked it but did not feel fully immersed in the story because I had a hard time following what were the roles of the characters in this world. For me personally, if it had a glossary explaining that, it would have been a much better read. I liked the world and the botanical aspect but the official names of their positions in the city really made it harder for me. That being said, I will probably read the next one, maybe........🙃
I was really excited for this book until I heard another BookTuber compare the worldbuilding to Attack on Titan, which isn’t my favorite by a long shot.