I doubt this will die down soon many fantasy readers will be talking about this book more once it’s officially published. I’m not kidding I’ve seen so many authors highly praised this novel since late 2019 and early 2020 up to this day.
The Blacktongue Thief is the first book in Blacktongue trilogy by Buehlman, it is his first high fantasy novel, and from my observation, it is quite likely that this is the most hyped adult fantasy debut of the year. The Blacktongue Thief is an immense entertainment manifesting in a fantasy novel.Ĭhristopher Buehlman is most often known for Between Two Fires and more horror novels this is about to change very quickly. The story is highly episodic, which makes the parts feel a bit overlong, but the sum was quite enjoyable for me.I have a Booktube channel now! Subscribe here: ĪRC provided by the publisher-Tor Books & Gollancz-in exchange for an honest review. Their friendship is the kind of thing we’ve seen before–hulking protector with a precocious female child–but it’s done very well, and what’s more, it comes across as believable. Thomas the knight is a highly sympathetic character, and his companion, Delphine, is witty and grows in mysterious spiritual power without being lecturing or grating. Most striking for me was the perfect pairing between a dirty, plague-ridden, lived-in world with the heavily stylized devils and angels of medieval religion. It’s the kind of thing where you probably shouldn’t think too hard about the theology of it all–it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense–and just run with it. I particularly liked the religious take, which is decidedly medieval in its outlook, and how the demons and angels are portrayed as both beautiful and monstrous. Part grisly take on the Canterbury Tales, part redemption story, and part religious story, the novel is dark, gritty, and is heavily immersive in its bleak medieval world. In the midst of these horrors, a rogue knight and a young girl strike up an odd friendship, which leads them on a trek to Avignon, the home of the French pope, where they will make a stand against the demons. While angels and demons war in the heavens, devils roam the earth, producing war and the Black Death. God has turned away from his creation, inspiring Lucifer and the fallen angels to rise up against Heaven again. Christopher Buehlman’s BETWEEN TWO FIRES is a strikingly original portrait of spiritual warfare in medieval France.
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