A Discovery of Witches/Shadow of Night (spoilers)

[rootbeerfloat]

I enjoyed ADOW, but found SON disappointing.  Most of the charcters I liked in ADOW (ahem, Marcus) barely appeared in SON, and with the exception of Gallowglass, all the new charcters were annoying.  I was bored by all the Elizabethan-era characters and how everyone treated Diana.  Matthew and Diana seemed to be at their worst in the past, too.

I hope returning to the present in the third book improves things.

What did you think?

[jenmjm]

Pretty much agree with you. I'm hoping for better things now that they are back in the present time.

[AJL]

I felt like it was too historical, too academic. I wanted more adventure. I'm hoping the third book will bring it all back together.

[BravoBravo]

I liked most of the historical writing in SON. It did get a bit boring sometimes. I agree that it was not as great as the first. I need to see when the next book comes out and add it to my calendar.


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[whitepicketfence]

Jan 25, 2013 17:40:27 GMT -5 AJL said:

I felt like it was too historical, too academic. I wanted more adventure. I'm hoping the third book will bring it all back together.

This sums up my thoughts as well. I kept waiting for something to happen...and then nothing did. I can appreciate the historial aspect of the book but I was really hoping for something more.

I was pretty disappointed.

[crazytalk]

I was pretty disappointed with the second as well. I don't know if I was being dense, but I couldn't follow all the Elizabethian characters .... he had too many friends with similar enough personalities / interactions, and I couldn't tell them apart or remember who was who. It was a bit tedious to me. I will read the 3rd book though, and hope it gets back to the adventure and excitement that was in the first.

[secretlyevil]

I enjoyed SON, I agree there could have been a little more adventure. I think the third book will wrap everything up nicely.

[secretlyevil]

Did you see that ADOW is being turned into a movie?

ETA: which isn't really all that surprising because what books isn't aren't being turned into a movie?

[kasi]

I very much disliked ADOW. Not a good book at all. It was promising at first but then what's his name showed up and the main character started acting stupid. I dot think I can manage another of these.

[duckduck]

Feb 13, 2013 18:17:27 GMT -5 kasi said:

I very much disliked ADOW. Not a good book at all. It was promising at first but then what's his name showed up and the main character started acting stupid. I dot think I can manage another of these.

I actually preferred SON to ADOW. I liked Diana more before Matthew came along in the first book, too. They both learn a lot and she comes into her own in ADOW. The historical focus also helped-- I'm a Tudor buff and I think the portrayal of Good Queen Bess was probably one of the most accurate ones I've encountered in fiction.