#trail of lightning

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

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[tepkunset]

Various covers of Trail of Lightning and Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse.

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[fantasybooktournament]

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[libraryofbaxobab]

April 24, 2022:

Book 1 of a promising series. I loved introducing recognizable symptoms to the Damaged Badass trope, and the sidekick charmed my pants off. However, if asked why any character went to x or did y, I couldn't tell ya. Couldn't always follow the thread 6.5/10 #WhatsKenyaReading

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[esevik]

Book review: Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

My liveblog of reading it.

Short review:

The book is good but didn't quite click with me.

Long review:

The book is about the monster slayer Maggie who is chasing down some new type of monsters that have started to show up. She is joined in her quest by Kai who appears to be her oposite in almost every way.

The plot is fairly simple but works. While there is a mystery about who is creating these new monsters and a few twists it still felt like the monster plot fell in the background to the chacter drama. The character drama is not bad but tends to overshadow the monster plot which sometimes makes the treath of monsters killing people not feel that urgent. There's quite a bit of stuff that's happening in the story but the pacing felt a bit uneven. The first half of the book felt a bit slow while the ending was intense and at points almost rushed. I think it might have worked a bit better if the monster plot got fleshed out a bit more or have the characters focus on it more instead of only whenever they happened to stumble into it. B

The characters are fleshed out, are believable and work well together. A-

The world is interesting with an intruiging concept. It is also introduced fairly naturally through the characters (who all are used to it). I wish there was a bit more exploration of how the world works. B

The writing works well for the most part with my only real nitpick being the fight scenes. The fight scenes were described in detail of how the characters moved but because they for the most part were put in a single paragraph it could get a bit confusing to read. I think it might have worked better if the action was divided up into a few more paragraphs? A-

Rating: B+

#trail of lightning #rebecca roanhorse #book review #book #reading #liveblog #text #my thoughts

[nights-at-crystarium]

wolqotd

Your WoL fights a random enemy, a random npc/civilian happens to witness that. How would they describe the encounter?

#someone with no combat skill would mostly see flashes and trails #vivi's movement's fast and calculated #as his echo tells him where to and where not to be (standard mmo telegraph stuff) #it's like a lightning bolt descending from heavens to smite the nearby threat #with otherwoldly precision and finality #and then peace out #leaving the onlookers to pick their jaws from the ground #vivi's aware that people treat him like a phenomenon #but he feels nothing good about it #ffxiv #vivien rell #wolqotd #text post

[moeblob]

Windy at my house + power flickering = no comm work = quick laptop doodle

#my characters #i genuinely hoped the wind would die down but like ??? nah? #and the last time we lost power without an actual storm it WAS bc of wind #and so i just get so panicked over please dont fry my tablet with a power surge #if it calms down by tonight i really wanna work on art since i spent almost all day yesterday struggling with a pose and i finally #think i thought of something that could work and then (gestures to the wind) fuck me #also in regards to these two you have seen me drawing deacon a lot recently and i only drew armya once so far #she is a devoted follower to fulj which is really rare since fulj no longer has a large following nor a temple #so when fulj finds her its comforting and reassuring and she adores armya a lot #however the fact that fulj relentlessly teases deacon and calls him names is like..... ok wait would you really be mean to me if it wasnt #for her ? like would you still pick on me? :c and shes like lol yeah dude absolutely #deacon is just constantly dunked on by the lightning group and hes so sad because he wanted to be friends :c #but also the guy wouldnt really recognize the followers if it wasnt for the traces of lady fulj #so if they would wander into the city without having been possessed recently he probably wouldnt even cast a glance their way #nothing personal he just straight up doesnt decipher looks fast at all #he could think they look familiar but then not know why ESPECIALLY if they wear something he's not used to them in #like if armya showed up in something other than her loose white jacket he would not be able to go AH YES ARMYA immediately #he identifies people by hair or clothing details so it kinda messes him up if people remove whatever identifying trait they have #long hair getting a hair cut? suddenly a whole new person #and armya knows this very well since he never looked her way unless fulj was possessing her or trailing her #so she does like to tease him as just. we are both in servitude to a deity and same rank but like. bro youre too easy to mock #(fulj agrees)

[dashboarddevil]

Crack the skies like lightning

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[broganamous]

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[bestmusicalworldcup]

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[kattenkvvaad]

did some more doodles

character: Will (they/them)

#digital art #oc #art #artists on tumblr #original character #fantasy #elemental #air elemental #storm elemental #muddled primordial #lightning #storm #lightning elemental #OC:: Will #trails of parchment

[kipaia]

surprise panic attack???

#that hasn't happened in at least like five years #idly realized i'm double booked for pretty much my entire weekend #and i didn't get done half the shit i was supposed to get done today #and i'm having surgery on monday (which i'm thrilled about) but everything MUST be done before then T.T #had the passing thought that i forgot to warn my partner about a last minute schedule change with work for the weekend #and i think i just bunny trailed a lightning round of thinking about e v e r y t h i n g that needs to get done and i got super overwhelmed #hence panic attack #been so long i forgot what it feels like and it took me a heck of a while to realize what was happening #think im going to end up calling out of all but my two pre-req tests i'm running this weekend #they're only an hour each #uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh time is passing too slow (i want it to be surgery day T.T) and too fast (there's too much to do between then and now)

[libertyreads]

January Wrap Up--

Seeing how few books I read physically this month makes me want to laugh. Mostly because my reading goal for 2023 is to read less and I’ve actually read 14 books for the month of January. Can I really call that a fail? I mean, I have to, I read MORE this month than most months last year and my goal was to read LESS. Oh, this girl is a mess. Let’s break down what I read and where I got it from.

Comics/Graphic Novels--

Novellas/Short Stories-- 1. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (Kindle)-- 1 star.

2. Mistakenly Married by Victorine E. Lieske (Kindle)-- 2.25 stars.

3. Blissfully Married by Victorine E. Lieske (Kindle)-- 3.75 stars.

4. Acting Married by Victorine E. Lieske (Kindle)-- 3.5 stars.

Novels-- 1. The Vacation by John Marrs (Kindle)-- 3.75 stars.

2. Terrier by Tamora Pierce (apparently already unhauled?)-- 3 stars.

3. The Quarter Storm by Veronica G. Henry (Kindle)-- 1.75 stars.

4. Royals by Rachel Hawkins-- 3.75 stars.

5. Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse-- 3.5 stars.

6. Upon a Waking Dream by J.S. Bailey (NetGalley)-- 3.125 stars averaged.

7. The Foreign Exchange by Veronica G. Henry (NetGalley)-- 2 stars.

8. The Mistake by Elle Kennedy (Kindle)-- 3 stars.

9. The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten (NetGalley)-- 4.25 stars.

10. Last on the List by Amy Daws (Kindle)-- 2.25 stars.

This makes the average rating for the month 2.92 stars which is really low for my average star rating. However, I did focus most of my reading in January on clearing out my Kindle and my NetGalley as much as I could. I plan on doing that in February as well, but I’m hoping I’ll be able to enjoy more of what I read next month.

#wrap up #monthly wrap up #January wrap up #books read in 2023 #2023 reading challenge #goodreads challenge #goodreads #booklr #bookblr #bookstagram #bookish #royals #trail of lightning

[betterbooksandthings]

"All fantasy authors have to start somewhere. The best debut fantasy books ever written are a testament to what that starting line can look like. In fantasy, the delicate dance between worldbuilding, character, and craft is always difficult. Somehow, these authors got it just right with the first books they had published."

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[esevik]

Chapter 38 - The last chapter.

It's a short update on the state of things for Maggie. Turns out Tah is alive (yay) and is currently living in her trailer. He seems aware of the state of things with Kai and is waiting for the latters return together with Maggie. Now that she has so many people who hate her/wants her dead it's good with a few allies.

Maggie is also with her dogs again and I hate to end on a bit of a sour note, but why does she have dogs? They've been mentioned like three times in the story, Maggie goes several days without caring for them because they're "able to care for themselves", and have done nothing for the plot. I assume they'll serve some purpose later in the series but in this book it feels weird to be introduced to her dogs and then never see them do or affect the story in any way.

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[willoillo]

Another commission for El Dee!! Going back to pre-megaspell times for this one; it seems like Lightning Dust isn't doing a great job fitting in. 

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