I'm on chapter 18 at the moment. Honestly the book keeps sucking me in and then losing me, then sucking me in again. I think I'll have to wait longer to form a solid opinion of it.
1. I liked him better as Kote at first, when he was still more of a mystery. Have to agree with the comments that he's less interesting as an all powerful character, rather than when he's being more humble and only occasionally showing who he really is. As fun as it is to watch him do cool stuff, he makes me think of how Achilles gets remembered more for his heel than for anything else. Think I'll like him a lot better by the end if Ankari's analysis (i.e. real trials, tries and fails, etc.) is accurate.
2. It occasionally does things that turn me off a bit, but otherwise yeah, I'm pretty anxious to finish it. I think the parts that turn me off are when it goes into some of the romance/women-chasing stuff. Personal preference, I guess, same as how someone said they didn't like Fae and demon stuff. I wish he hadn't explained the meaning of the cryptic title on like the fourth page.
3. No complaints. Chronicler and Bast are interesting, imo, and so far I think I've enjoyed the parts in the inn more than the rest.
4. Particularly like the magic system. Mainly the naming and the conservation of energy, thermodynamics stuff mixed in with the sympathy. Finding the stuff with the scrael and Chandrian to be among the more interesting parts.
5. It's good, though occasionally seems like it could have been better (not that I could have done better). The stuff with him being trained in various disciplines is pretty cool, and sort of reminds me of Dune, though I think was better done there. None of it is bad or dislikeable, it just seems like parts are really good and then other parts are more typical fantasy trope stuff.
Opinions likely to change as I keep reading.
1. I liked him better as Kote at first, when he was still more of a mystery. Have to agree with the comments that he's less interesting as an all powerful character, rather than when he's being more humble and only occasionally showing who he really is. As fun as it is to watch him do cool stuff, he makes me think of how Achilles gets remembered more for his heel than for anything else. Think I'll like him a lot better by the end if Ankari's analysis (i.e. real trials, tries and fails, etc.) is accurate.
2. It occasionally does things that turn me off a bit, but otherwise yeah, I'm pretty anxious to finish it. I think the parts that turn me off are when it goes into some of the romance/women-chasing stuff. Personal preference, I guess, same as how someone said they didn't like Fae and demon stuff. I wish he hadn't explained the meaning of the cryptic title on like the fourth page.
3. No complaints. Chronicler and Bast are interesting, imo, and so far I think I've enjoyed the parts in the inn more than the rest.
4. Particularly like the magic system. Mainly the naming and the conservation of energy, thermodynamics stuff mixed in with the sympathy. Finding the stuff with the scrael and Chandrian to be among the more interesting parts.
5. It's good, though occasionally seems like it could have been better (not that I could have done better). The stuff with him being trained in various disciplines is pretty cool, and sort of reminds me of Dune, though I think was better done there. None of it is bad or dislikeable, it just seems like parts are really good and then other parts are more typical fantasy trope stuff.
Opinions likely to change as I keep reading.