/lit/ - Literature

Finished Dreams of Steel, the fifth book of the Block Company series.

I liked it so far. The first few books were great. Especially the first two, with they focus on the simple soldier’s life. The third novel started getting weirder with flying whales, teleporting stones and what not. But croakers romance with the lady was a pleasure to read.

The fourth and the fifth book are mixed. Instead of the black company defending a city from an invasion, it reads like one random bullshit happening after another. Suddenly one Taken, which should be dead, is actually alive. Then another Taken is also alive, but this time on the different side. Then how about a random evil torturer cult suddenly taking interest into the lady? How about a third Taken coming back? This time one without a head on her neck. Also, there is a random prophecy about the BC, which every native is aware of, but nobody from the BC finds out the truth. And an evil torturer goddess is also involved and manipulates the characters. She is like the or fifth or sixth power trying to manipulate our characters…

The focus on the lady is both good and bad. She is an interesting character with a lot of history. And her approach of bullying priests and the not-india culture is fun. But Glenn can’t decide what she is. Sometimes she questions herself if she can even be a simple footsoldier. Then suddenly she is back to being a 400-year-old sorcerer, former empress of the greatest empire on the world. Strongest and wisest Wizard to walk the earth. Then back to allowing the evil torturer cult to do whatever they like. And of course, the sickness she had was her being pregnant. What else could it be? But our 400-year-old Mastermind did not realize that she is pregnant.
Glenn really did her dirty and having no Goblin and one-eye in it was another mistake.

Bleak seasons switches the narrator again. I want to take a break from the series, but I am unsure if I will ever come back to finish it. Does it get better? I am a bit tired of all the prophecies and cult shit going on.