Name: Dark Rise
Rating: 4.157894736842105 (95 reviews)
ISBN: 9780062946140

C.S. Pacat

Dark Rise

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kitkat

Wowowwooo ese giro!!! Yo ya lo sospeche 🤭 y literal que las ultimas lineas son arte, como todo esta puesto como una pieza de ajedrez <br /><br /><br />Resumen del libro: Will prota es perseguido por personas, will es salvado por justicia que lo lleva al Santuario. Alli tambien le acompaña Violet quien le salvo del barco. Acabn siendo besties. Las sombras oscuras atacan el santuario ciprio y elizabeth (!!!hija de la dama) huyen para salvarse, violet acaba salvandose y sobrevive. Will va solo a por simon y en camino y cuando llega se da cuenta que es rey oscuro bum kathrine lo eschuha hablar con devon (el unicornio) y acaba muerta. Will se va a un cafe(?) taverna para quedarse y alli llega james. Hablan en la puerta y james dice que quiere vivir tomando el las decisiones y no el rey oscuro y que quiere seguirlo porque fuenel unico que lo libero. Ups pero will es el rey, pero eso parecer que james no lo sabe y pum se acaba

yaya

Anjorin Molayo 

i feel nauseous what the fuck was that ending that is not what i wanted to happen i am ILL

anyways that was great

thats a solid 4.5😫😫😫 amazing. oh the irony but i just want will and james to run over me

karo

Are we sure that this is not a Drarry fanfic? Like, I see what you mean about LotR but are we sure this is not a Drarry fanfic? (And I came to this conclusion 

 I found out the audiobook narrator had been in the movies).

And are we sure Cassandra Clare - ironically - had no part in this? Because it read awfully lot like a Shadowhunters book, too. There was a bit of Star Wars maybe, too. There are layer and layers of derivative here.

This novel has some really good bits and great concept but seemed to have little idea what it wanted to build the connective tissue out of. It is obvious that it was driving towards the very excellent final 20% but almost so single-mindedly that the remainder of the book felt like a drudge to get through.

In my mind, there were at least two options for Pacat when working on the book, neither of which she took. One would have been to move massive amounts of the set up into flashbacks or alluded to stories that are cut out of the book; the passage of time within the novel is so confusing and feels like it happened just to keep some semblance of believability so why not just focus on the meat of the story to begin with? We could have kicked off with Will and Violet with the Stewards already and let the story unfold their past, etc.

The other option would have been to use all of that time to actually explore the characters, flesh them out. Everyone within the cast has the potential of being an incredibly interesting and complex character. However, the narration is so meandering that it manages not to spend enough time on neither characterisation nor enough plot. Multiple POVs are introduced but are mostly utilised in lieu of an omniscient narrator - just to introduce plot points. Violet, really, feels like more of a main character than Will, and she is not even named within the synopsis of the novel. James is meant to be such an extremely important figure in the story but he is, really, barely there.

The last part, in particular, is such a shame since Pacat's most convincing writing is in the scenes between Will and James (do you guys now see why I thought of Cassie Clare?). She knows her toxic yaoi, I can tell you that much. She manages to create a lot of chemistry and intrigue between the two that is nearly missing from the majority of the remainder of the novel.

And realising this kind of made me sad. I feel like it should be encouraged for authors to try new things - curiousity and enthusiasm do need to be rewarded. But I am also of the firm belief that nothing would be achieved if we did not also recognise that an attempt in itself is not a success and that we need to try again and again. So I guess what I am trying to say is that I like that Pacat was trying out something different and I felt like there were great ideas within the book but I wish that they had been better polished and developed.

Rating feels like it should be just above 3☆ but it is not 3.5☆ , make if it what you will. And any time they mentioned Simon's 'S' brand, all I could think was of him getting his people branded with that 'S' we used to scribble in high school. You know the one.

Are we sure that this is not a Drarry fanfic? Like, I see what you mean about LotR but are we sure this is not a Drarry fanfic? (And I came to this conclusion before I found out the audiobook narrator had been in the movies).

And are we sure Cassandra Clare - ironically - had no part in this? Because it read awfully lot like a Shadowhunters book, too. There was a bit of Star Wars maybe, too. There are layer and layers of derivative here.

This novel has some really good bits and great concept but seemed to have little idea what it wanted to build the connective tissue out of. It is obvious that it was driving towards the very excellent final 20% but almost so single-mindedly that the remainder of the book felt like a drudge to get through.

In my mind, there were at least two options for Pacat when working on the book, neither of which she took. One would have been to move massive amounts of the set up into flashbacks or alluded to stories that are cut out of the book; the passage of time within the novel is so confusing and feels like it happened just to keep some semblance of believability so why not just focus on the meat of the story to begin with? We could have kicked off with Will and Violet with the Stewards already and let the story unfold their past, etc.

The other option would have been to use all of that time to actually explore the characters, flesh them out. Everyone within the cast has the potential of being an incredibly interesting and complex character. However, the narration is so meandering that it manages not to spend enough time on neither characterisation nor enough plot. Multiple POVs are introduced but are mostly utilised in lieu of an omniscient narrator - just to introduce plot points. Violet, really, feels like more of a main character than Will, and she is not even named within the synopsis of the novel. James is meant to be such an extremely important figure in the story but he is, really, barely there.

The last part, in particular, is such a shame since Pacat's most convincing writing is in the scenes between Will and James (do you guys now see why I thought of Cassie Clare?). She knows her toxic yaoi, I can tell you that much. She manages to create a lot of chemistry and intrigue between the two that is nearly missing from the majority of the remainder of the novel.

And realising this kind of made me sad. I feel like it should be encouraged for authors to try new things - curiousity and enthusiasm do need to be rewarded. But I am also of the firm belief that nothing would be achieved if we did not also recognise that an attempt in itself is not a success and that we need to try again and again. So I guess what I am trying to say is that I like that Pacat was trying out something different and I felt like there were great ideas within the book but I wish that they had been better polished and developed.

Rating feels like it should be just above 3☆ but it is not 3.5☆ , make if it what you will. And any time they mentioned Simon's 'S' brand, all I could think was of him getting his people branded with that 'S' we used to scribble in high school. You know the one.

Tatiana

Took me exactly 5 months to read this and I can’t tell you why 💀. This book just couldn’t hold my attention. The characters were bland and the plot was sub par. Usually I love books like this but this one just didn’t do it for me. Genuinely couldn’t tell u one thing about it despite finishing it 5 mins ago. 

IM SORRY

Julia Moran 

M'am? M'am? what the fuck did I just finish reading??? LIKE WHAT? I'M SHOOKED SO FUCKING GOOD OMG YES THANK YOUUUU. The only downside is that now I have to wait god knows how many years to keep tearing my heart off...

Re-reading this is so fucking wild. Like everything was RIGTH THERE plain as day, obvious. C.S. Pacat is a fucking genius and I bow to her.

changed my life. what the fuck how am i supposed to BREATHE again WHAT THE FUCK

Loved it- got me out of a reading slump and I could not put it down

Jessica Vandermeer

I'm not messing with anyone's balls when I say that starting this book is the best decision I've ever made. To be honest, it was difficult to digest at the beginning, but I told myself, "Let me keep reading." piecing everything together was simply amazing!!! I'm completely in love with the world building?? CHEF'S KISSES !! +




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the training arc/stewards is where shit had me at the edge of my seat. 
I was so shocked, as if i was on a horse and it came to a sudden halt whoa! slow down Valdithar

Had to force myself not to stay up late finishing this book. Wanted to soak in everything, make it last in this puny wild brain of mines.

Okay but the ending y'all… I YELLED !! Like... I saw it coming but I didn't?! I was scratching the ceiling but then it damn well crashed down on my ass??? BRUHHH

James & Will 💔 sobbing session now open for both of their backstory's everyone

anyways, this was the longest book review I've ever made.

Call me past James because Dark Rise now has me by the collar.


CANT WAIT FOR BOOK TWO!!!!!!

DNF at 50%. The book starts out fast and then plateaus after the first few chapters to do world building and background information. It’s hard to put my feelings into words, but “bored” is a good one. I wasn’t a fan of how the plot unfolded or how flat the character personalities were. Reads too much like a YA for my taste. 

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