Into the Crooked Place
Into the Crooked Place, Book 1
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Gesprochen von:
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Tamaryn Payne
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Taj Atwal
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Leroy Bonsu
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Zaraah Abrahams
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Alexandra Christo
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Into the Crooked Place begins a gritty two-book YA fantasy series from Alexandra Christo, the author of To Kill a Kingdom.
The streets of Creije are for the deadly and the dreamers, and four crooks in particular know just how much magic they need up their sleeve to survive.
Tavia, a busker ready to pack up her dark-magic wares and turn her back on Creije for good. She’ll do anything to put her crimes behind her.
Wesley, the closest thing Creije has to a gangster. After growing up on streets hungry enough to swallow the weak whole, he won’t stop until he has brought the entire realm to kneel before him.
Karam, a warrior who spends her days watching over the city’s worst criminals and her nights in the fighting rings, making a deadly name for herself.
And Saxony, a resistance fighter hiding from the very people who destroyed her family, and willing to do whatever it takes to get her revenge.
Everything in their lives is going to plan, until Tavia makes a crucial mistake: She delivers a vial of dark magic - a weapon she didn’t know she had - to someone she cares about, sparking the greatest conflict in decades. Now these four magical outsiders must come together to save their home and the world, before it’s too late. But with enemies at all sides, they can trust nobody. Least of all each other.
©2019 Alexandra Christo (P)2019 Audible, Inc.
If you want to write a story with this atmosphere or trope, you'll have to make your own story, period. I mean, sure, Christopher Paolini isn't the only one who is allowed to write about dragon riders as well, but if I'd write a story about dragons, I wouln'd copy Eragon's or Saphira's looks and character traits. I would do my own.
Sadly Alexandra Christo seems to copy so much that I couldn't enjoy the book. Also it was boring in my opinion because I didn't care at all because I didn't like the characters. They just annoyed me, I couldn't help it. They always talked about how dangerous everything is and that the will probably die, but nothing seems to happen unless talking.
I bought this book because I was listening to To Kill A Kingdom and I absolutely loved it, so I wanted more by this author. In To Kill A Kingdom the sarcasm and sassiness is what makes the characters cool and lovely, but in this book it didn't work. It felt like she tried to make the characters sarcastic but for me it was rather annoying than funny. They didn't feel like a team or friends as if they had no connection / chemistry.
There were a lot of unnecessary writing about ... not really their thoughts but what kind of people they are (for example something like "he wasn't a man who cared much about other people's feelings. You'd only survive if you'd be selfish"). I actually like those passages but it was TOO MUCH. In the beginning of a book those writings are great to introduce characters but Alexandra Christo didn't stop. It was THE WHOLE BOOK.
However the writing style wasn't bad. But often my brain switched off and wasn't listening anymore because of boring unnecessary descriptions. Also very often I wished there were more show never tell.
I liked the choice that for every POV there is a different narrator. They did a great job. But yeah, I don't like this book because it's too similar to Six of Crows but with (for me) dislikeable characters.
Boring Six-Of-Crows-Copy
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