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Loading... The Daylight War: The Demon Cycle, Book 3 (edition 2014)by Peter V. Brett (Author), Colin Mace (Narrator), HarperCollins Publishers Limited (Publisher)
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   No current Talk conversations about this book.  katmarhan | Nov 6, 2024 |   la valutazione non corrisponde a quello che penso davvero di questo libro*, letto solo per pura testardaggine TRAMA E SPOILER infanzia della Sacerdotessa matrimonio bigamo del Violinista matrimonio dell'Uomo delle Rune gravidanza dell'erborista EXTRA: - anche queste 800 pagine sono scritte veramente bene, a Peter Brett non manca lo stile - indipendentemente da quanto segue lascia la voglia di proseguire con i prox due libri - i personaggi involvono in macchiette petulanti (e stiamo parlando di ultra 30enni, tranne rare eccezioni) - questo terzo volume è inutilmente ipersessualizzato - l'ho trovato un tantino propagandista - il ritmo è inesistente *più che un libro è un festival degli stereotipi (un ulteriore considerazione sugli stereotipi nei commenti) (  ) LLonaVahine | May 22, 2024 | There's a lot of little things that frustrate me about this series, and this book in particular (such as the vomit inducing dialoge between Arlen and Renna), but when you take a step back it's not hard to notice that the story here is actually quite well told. What I think this series does lack is precisely the "Game of Thrones" style of worldbuilding. As someone who doesnt particularly like GRRM's series, I must admit that it does a good job of bringing an entire world, rather than simply subsets, to life by having a vast array of characters. In this series, the world is basically two halves, with external cities and towns included but not very relevant to the main plotline (at least not in terms of characters). This detracts from the worldbuilding somewhat, since the impressive detail with which Brett paints the two main cultures is overshadowed by questions about why the other parts of the world are not also a part of the story, with their own story to tell. I have other minor complaints, which I think are probably more just personal frustrations with the style than actual flaws in the book. This volume makes me want to recommend this series to fellow readers of the fantasy genre - there are setbacks in the series, but ultimately the story is impressive, unique, and very much worth reading. (  ) mrbearbooks | Apr 22, 2024 | Let me rant for a moment. Writers--if your freaking book is good, we will come, and we will stay as long as you want to draw out the freaking story. You don't have to do the whole cliffhanger thing--I promise you, we'll come back for the next one. Some of us will even continue coming back long after the writing has turned us off--just to see the end of the saga. However, some of us won't ever read another thing you do outside of the current series because of your history of cliffhangers. I don't mean to single Mr. Brett out--for some reason too many fantasy writers fall into the cliffhanger category and then add insult to injury by making us wait over a year for the next installment. Any GR friend of mine knows cliffhangers are my pet peeve. Okay, rant over. Despite the mixed reviews that I've seen for this installment, the book was a worthy addition to a (cliffhangers aside) great series. A LOT of back story was filled in and I enjoyed every moment (again all the way up to aforementioned cliffhanger). Ugh--I'm not going to be able to get over this any time soon. Suffice it to say that I recommend waiting on this book until after the next book and if it doesn't have the same type of ending that this one did. It will be a loooong time before I start another unfinished series. (unless its by [a:Ilona Andrews|21748|Ilona Andrews|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1219436898p2/21748.jpg]. ( ) jazzbird61 | Feb 29, 2024 | ) BreePye | Oct 6, 2023 | no reviews | add a review
Fantasy.
Fiction.
Science Fiction.
Thriller.
The Daylight War, the eagerly anticipated third volume in Brett's internationally bestselling Demon Cycle, continues the epic tale of humanity's last stand against an army of demons that rise each night to prey on mankind. On the night of the new moon, the demons rise in force, seeking the deaths of two men, both of whom have the potential to become the fabled Deliverer, the man prophesied to reunite the scattered remnants of humanity in a final push to destroy the demon corelings once and for all. Arlen Bales was once an ordinary man, but now he has become something more-the Warded Man, tattooed with eldritch wards so powerful they make him a match for any demon. Arlen denies he is the Deliverer at every turn, but the more he tries to be one with the common folk, the more fervently they believe. Many would follow him, but Arlen's path threatens to lead to a dark place he alone can travel to, and from which there may be no returning. The only one with hope of keeping Arlen in the world of men, or joining him in his descent into the world of demons, is Renna Tanner, a fierce young woman in danger of losing herself to the power of demon magic. Ahmann Jardir has forged the warlike desert tribes of Krasia into a demon-killing army and proclaimed himself Shar'Dama Ka, the Deliverer. He carries ancient weapons-a spear and a crown-that give credence to his claim, and already vast swaths of the green lands bow to his control. But Jardir did not come to power on his own. His rise was engineered by his First Wife, Inevera, a cunning and powerful priestess whose formidable demon bone magic gives her the ability to glimpse the future. Inevera's motives and past are shrouded in mystery, and even Jardir does not entirely trust her. Once Arlen and Jardir were as close as brothers. Now they are the bitterest of rivals. As humanity's enemies rise, the only two men capable of defeating them are divided against each other by the most deadly demons of all - those lurking in the human heart. No library descriptions found. |
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Author Peter V. Brett has done an excellent job of filling out the characters introduced in the first two books of the Demon Cycle. This third installment in the series adds depth to the main players and several of the secondary ones as well, filling them with nuances and twists that may seem surprising at first glance, but actually fit well and make sense.
Brett doesn’t spend the whole book on character development, either. There is plenty of action to propel the main plot forward and to fuel the several intertwining subplots as well.
And talk about a cliff-hanger ending! It’s all I can do to not dive into the next book right away, but since I am reading this series as part of a group discussion, I will force myself to wait till next month. (