I am over 7 hours into the book and I have only heard about Chaol and the goings on in the palace where he was sent, at the end of book 4?, to get help for his injury.

The last book didn't involve any Chaol so it makes sense this one should feature him heavily, but maybe the last book and this book should have been sliced and mixed together so there was a bit of both in each to make it more interesting. What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment? Massive let down as other books are greatĪs I haven't yet listened to the end I can't comment but so far. I'm almost at the mid way point and don't know if I can be bothered going right to the end. If Chaol was still the same as the initial books then fine, but he's just become too grumpy, annoying and self pitying and 22 hours listening to that is wearing. Last book left us hanging with Alein kidnapped and a lot of drama going on, to leave us with effectively a 2 year wait from that book to the book after this being published with no word of whats happening to the main character. What would have made Tower of Dawn better? Overall, amazing narrator, entertaining, but nothing outstanding compared so some of Maas's other novels.ĭon't even know if I can be bothered to finish I had one or two issues with it, but overall thought it was done well and was satisfied with how he ended up. I was worried how that would be handled, and I've heard mixed things about the representation (but mostly good things from own voices reviews that I saw browsing goodreads before I picked this up). The best part of this book was Choals recovery process.

With audio, and all the brothers and sisters with unusual fantasy names, it took a long time to learn characters names, or to even recognise who was who- I got through that mostly via context until near the end of the novel. All the character relations and developments were predictable, and she has so many characters that a lot of their personalities are starting to overlap and show troupes within her own books. The plot felt streamlined, a few important details and twists but otherwise a rather by the numbers Sarah J Maas book. I enjoyed it better than expected, but can't say I've grown fond of any of these characters despite spending 600+ pages / 20+ hours with them. I was worried to pick up this book as it focuses on Chaol (my personal least favourite character) and a bunch of new and side characters. Elizabeth Evans is one of my favourite audio narrators, and she really brings this whole series alive- and I think without these audio books I would've stopped reading this series by now.

Tower of dawn by sarah j maas