#impossible times

I hadn’t posted this out there because I never even think of sharing art of every-Lawrence-book-ever on Tumblr because. I mean that’s not where the fandom is. But in case someone does lurk in these tags, I’ll do it anyway. It’s oldish, but it’s still kinda cool I think ? 

Book Review - The Girl and The Mountain by Mark Lawrence - fantasy. The end is in sight (I hope). #TheGirlAndTheMountain #NewRelease #Netgalley

Here’s the blurb: On Abeth there is only the ice. And the Black Rock. For generations the priests of the Black Rock have reached out from their mountain to steer the ice tribes’ fate. With their Hidden God, their magic and their iron, the priests’ rule has never been challenged. But nobody has ever escaped the Pit of the Missing before. Yaz has lost her friends and found her enemies. She has a…

Book Review – The Girl and the Stars by Mark Lawrence – fantasy

Here’s the blurb;

“Only when it’s darkest can you see the stars.

East of the Black Rock, out on the ice, lies a hole down which broken children are thrown

On the vastness of the ice there is no room for individuals. No one survives alone. To resist the cold, to endure the months of night when even the air itself begins to freeze, requires a special breed. Variation is dangerous, difference is…

The first thing I want to say is that this book is very short. 201 pages nowadays is not much and I read this book in about 8 hours, with nap breaks. 

Mark Lawrence is one of my favourites authors and this book didn’t disappoint me. It won’t be my favourite but it is one of the books I enjoyed the most this year. And it was difficult reading year for me. This book is a little bit (and by that I mean a lot) more mellow than the Broken Empire series which is a nice change of pace. I was expecting a bloodbath and this anything but, I don’t mind though. I really enjoyed The Broken Empire series but at the same time I dread reading that dark anytime soon. 

As always all the characters are very compelling and well written, as well as the story. 

My absolute favourites are the parents, specially Simon’s mom and Elton’ dad [insert sad emoji], I have a soft spot for Nick’s mom and Mia’s mom is a surprise badass. 

The overall feeling is of ‘80 nostalgia, so popular lately, but it’s maybe because of the D&D thing. Speaking of, I was never interested but it seems fun. 

But even though I enjoyed this book immensely I don’t know if I will continue with series. 

It’s because I think the story is well contained in this one and doesn’t need to go beyond that. 

I’m always scared of the sequels. For now I put the next two books in the (imagined) “maybe” pile. But I’m as sucker for the kind of plot twist we have at the end.

Limited Wish picks up just after One Word Kill ended. Nick’s at Cambridge now, and there are finally more girls around! But besides that, there’s not a lot to say about Limited Wish that I haven’t already said about One Word Kill.  Again, Nick really wants to play some D&D and do some math but time travelers, sworn enemies and cancer keep throwing him off. Again, his friendships with John and…

 I came to One Word Kill immediately after giving up on two different, terrible (self-pubbed) scifi titles, and I was beginning to question whether I even still like science fiction any more. But this story of friendship, time-travel, math, destiny, and D&D sessions pulled me right back.

Teenage Nick mostly wants to avoid bullies, play tabletop games with his friends, and maybe get a girlfriend,…