Great characters and story, with a few (minor) flaws

In advance: If you liked Priory, you will 100% like this book.

Regarding the story:
I really enjoyed the book, though i struggled to continue listening a few times throughout the story.
I did like all of the different viewpoints, and never felt disappointed when the narration shifted focus, which i find very important and rare for such books. Characters are truly a standout quality of this series, and this book even improved upon Priory in that regard.
There were a few aspects that felt rushed towards the end, but overall that didn't bother me significantly.
I did love how the story worked independently of Priory, but also made the prior knowledge feel rewarding.

Regarding the readers:
This was a bit of a mixed bag for me.
Apart from pronunciation of certain words differing quite a lot from PrioryOTOT, i often had to listen on significantly higher speeds, mainly in the first half for the reader of Dumai's part.
Wulf's reader also had a really strong accent and was hard to understand at times, but i applaud that decision as it really paid off for immersion.

Regarding worldbuilding, while i loved the overall lore there are still a lot of issues with the unrealistic lack of communication between the continents and regions, but that was the same in Priory. And it probably only bothers me.


Overall i still have to give 5 stars because i am tremendous impressed by the consistent quality and especially how Shannon manages to deliver one of the strongest casts of narrators I've seen in fantasy so far.

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Good Prequel!

Really liked the book! But for me as a non-native english speaker, the male narrator's accent was hard to understand.

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Even better than Priory of the Orange Tree

I am absolutely blown away by this book! Priory of the Orange Tree has been my favorite book for a while now, but ADoFN, in my opinion, is even better.
First of all - it's a prequel to Priory, not a sequel. I don't really understand why there are bad reviews criticizing the lack of the characters from Priory when they wouldn't be born for hundreds of years.
I am not completely finished with the book just yet, but it quickly picked up the pace with the plot, and it's very intense. I struggle with putting down the book before going to sleep, because it's just as interesting as watching (the earlier seasons of) Game of Thrones.
Priory has been rightfully praised for its diversity in characters and cultures - ADoFN improves upon this immensely, taking you to even more places, like Hroth, and implementing even more interesting and lovable characters.
What I love especially is the inclusion of characters on the asexual spectrum, as well as non-binary characters. I wish there had been books like this when I was younger; seeing yourself represented in those aspects in media is really important, and I am so, so happy that Samantha Shannon did such a good job with it!

In terms of narration, I really like the audiobook so far. Every POV has its own narrator, and they've all done an exceptionally good job with it.

Overall, I think the Roots of Chaos series is among the very best high fantasy books ever written, and very much worth buying the books and/or audiobooks!

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Couldn't get through it

I really enjoyed the first book. With this sequel however I'm not understanding what the heck is going on, I'm not recognising the protagonist from the first book anywhere other than their names being mentioned but for example the account we get of a past Sebran doesn't seem to match book 1 Sebran. The reader pronounces things differently than in book 1. After one hour of not understanding what's going on and being bored I'm giving up.

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