Nicholas Kotar
Auteur van The Song of the Sirin (Raven Son) (Volume 1)
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- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Opleiding
- Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, Jordanville, New York (Bath) (2014)
University of California, Berkeley (BA) (Slavic languages and literatures: Russian) (2004) - Beroepen
- freelance translator
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lecturer in music - Organisaties
- Holy Trinity Seminary, Jordanville, New York
Patriarch Tikhon Russian American Institute
Eastern American Diocese Music Committee
St Tikhon Monastery Chamber Chorus
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The Song of the Sirin (Raven Son) door Nicholas Kotar
A good book, that didn't get as much of my attention as it deserved.
Soon after finishing the second work in the series, I picked up the this, the third, and what I thought was the final work of a trilogy.
Although I really liked the Song of the Sirin and liked Curse of the Raven well enough, I felt like I was slogging through this novel. Unlike the first novel (and to some extent the second), this novel started having lots of characters and story lines. Too many. They do converge at the end, but this so many characters is a detractor for me.
There were some story lines I liked, but overall, it just felt slow and dragging. And then, in the last page or two, the novel decides that it is not the end of the series and I got incredibly annoyed. I'm not sure that there's more story that I care about here for me to continue.… (meer)
Although I really liked the Song of the Sirin and liked Curse of the Raven well enough, I felt like I was slogging through this novel. Unlike the first novel (and to some extent the second), this novel started having lots of characters and story lines. Too many. They do converge at the end, but this so many characters is a detractor for me.
There were some story lines I liked, but overall, it just felt slow and dragging. And then, in the last page or two, the novel decides that it is not the end of the series and I got incredibly annoyed. I'm not sure that there's more story that I care about here for me to continue.… (meer)
This is the second novel in the Raven Son series. I really liked the first and couldn't wait to continue the story of Voran.
I was disappointed. This novel takes place many years later and Voran (the primary character of the first novel) doesn't play a considerable role in this work. This novella (quite short) is perhaps a bridge to the next novel but it didn't seem even completely necessary.
Still, the writing was engaging and I did like it.
I was disappointed. This novel takes place many years later and Voran (the primary character of the first novel) doesn't play a considerable role in this work. This novella (quite short) is perhaps a bridge to the next novel but it didn't seem even completely necessary.
Still, the writing was engaging and I did like it.
I really enjoyed this novel: good writing and a setting and set of fantasy critters that are different from my normal fantasy works (sirens (sirin)). I appreciated the themes early introduced of mercy and pride in doing good work.
This work doesn't really stand alone though and I immediately set to read the second book, Curse of the Raven.
This work doesn't really stand alone though and I immediately set to read the second book, Curse of the Raven.
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- #149,926
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- 3.5
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