Firstly, I want to say thank you to The Fantastic Flying Book Club for sending me an e-arc of this book and for allowing me to be part of the blog tour. I am so grateful for this opportunity.
I must admit I didn't know much about Thorn when I went into it, I was more drawn in from the wonderful cover. What I didnt realise until I actually read other reviews is that this is a retelling of The Goose Girl. I had never heard of this until I have just done a bit of research and from what I now know I believe that the retelling was done well.
I really like the world that this was set in. I didn't see the early plot twist coming which meant that I was definitely taken by surprise. I did however guess the identity of the mage fairly quickly which I may have liked to be left in a bit more suspense for, but never mind. I feel like the plot points were fairly unique with themes that I haven't really ever read about before in this particular genre. I feel like Thorn had a real cultural feel to it, with very little atmosphere and execution of this theme. I would have loved to have seen a little bit more because I feel it would have helped to immerse me into the world a little bit more.
Can we just discuss Violet. What a wonderful character. My heart breaks for her, each time I think about her I relive her moments in the book and just realise how much of a good character she is. The other characters however I did struggle to connect with unfortunately. The main protagonist, the prince and all the others just didn't really speak to me. I found it really difficult to relate to them which led me to caring less about what happened to them which is a shame.
I did enjoy the fact that this was a slow burn book, there was no rush to get the information to the reader which helped you to learn the world and the magic at a nice steady pace instead of forever trying to keep up with what is going on. Considering this is a fantasy book, I devoured this in two sittings as I found it so easy to read and understand. It can come across as fairly daunting at a 400 plus page book but you will fly through the pages without even realising that you are doing so.
Whilst I found flaws in this book, and struggled to connect with the characters, I wouldn't say that it was a bad book. A lot of people really enjoyed this book, and as a whole I did too. I think you should definitely pick this book up and form your own opinion.
I must admit I didn't know much about Thorn when I went into it, I was more drawn in from the wonderful cover. What I didnt realise until I actually read other reviews is that this is a retelling of The Goose Girl. I had never heard of this until I have just done a bit of research and from what I now know I believe that the retelling was done well.
I really like the world that this was set in. I didn't see the early plot twist coming which meant that I was definitely taken by surprise. I did however guess the identity of the mage fairly quickly which I may have liked to be left in a bit more suspense for, but never mind. I feel like the plot points were fairly unique with themes that I haven't really ever read about before in this particular genre. I feel like Thorn had a real cultural feel to it, with very little atmosphere and execution of this theme. I would have loved to have seen a little bit more because I feel it would have helped to immerse me into the world a little bit more.
Can we just discuss Violet. What a wonderful character. My heart breaks for her, each time I think about her I relive her moments in the book and just realise how much of a good character she is. The other characters however I did struggle to connect with unfortunately. The main protagonist, the prince and all the others just didn't really speak to me. I found it really difficult to relate to them which led me to caring less about what happened to them which is a shame.
I did enjoy the fact that this was a slow burn book, there was no rush to get the information to the reader which helped you to learn the world and the magic at a nice steady pace instead of forever trying to keep up with what is going on. Considering this is a fantasy book, I devoured this in two sittings as I found it so easy to read and understand. It can come across as fairly daunting at a 400 plus page book but you will fly through the pages without even realising that you are doing so.
Whilst I found flaws in this book, and struggled to connect with the characters, I wouldn't say that it was a bad book. A lot of people really enjoyed this book, and as a whole I did too. I think you should definitely pick this book up and form your own opinion.