The First Binding
Tales of Tremaine
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The First Binding
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Narrated by:
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Vikas Adam
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R.R. Virdi
“Epic fantasy at its finest—an homage to storytelling and legend, richly told and endlessly engaging.”—Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter
Don’t miss the first novel in this stunning Silk Road-inspired epic fantasy series from R.R. Virdi—a saga of legends, lies, and the secretive storyteller who’s spun them all.
All legends are born of truths. And just as much lies. These are mine. Judge me for what you will. But you will hear my story first.
I buried the village of Ampur under a mountain of ice and snow. Then I killed their god. I've stolen old magics and been cursed for it. I started a war with those that walked before mankind and lost the princess I loved, and wanted to save. I've called lightning and bound fire. I am legend. And I am a monster.
My name is Ari.
And this is the story of how I let loose the first evil.
“Rich world-building, plenty of action, and devious twists abound. Very highly recommended!” —Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of V-Wars and Kagen the Damned
A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books.
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I appreciated the original BITS of the story here and there, but the plot was WAY TOO SIMILAR to TNOTW.
I really tried too "unsee" the constant similarities, and In some way, thanks to Vikas Adam doing a magnificent job, I still found the read enjoyable....
Yet I only felt "anger" averytime a good interesting story twist only came to be a similar one to P. Rothfuss's work.
I'm not exaggerating, HUGE similarities can be seen in:
- Narrative
- Character design
- Character past story
- Antagonists
- Drugs
- "Magic" that somehow is related to understanding the true natuere of elements... (yet not really explained in 46hrs+ of book?!)
- Whole LINES (especially the final ones referring to "silcence")
All while having continuous new characters descriptions (many to be left unexplored then) - new improvised deep friendships after just a couple of lines (often unnatural) - and TONS of UNSOLVED/UNFINISHED NARRATIVE ARCS.
Also, special note for the first true friend of the protagonist hust DISAPPEARING from the book when not needed anymore... (?)
I have mixed feelings: I think the Author could have done a majestic job if only sticking to his own personal worldbuilding and ideas, trying not to constantly remind the reader of another good read.
I feel nostalgic towards a tale that could have been a million times better, and doesn't exist in the present.
Maybe future books will make a big change in this overall scenary I described.
Plagiarism and unevitable comparison to TNOTW
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Holy hell.
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Different telling of ‘Name of the Wind’
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This is a story about how true events become mythologized. Not about myth-like but true things that happened in the main character’s life. All things that are mentioned in the description do happen, but only in a way. Rumors really got to the truth of the actual events in the character’s life, but the truth is still good, though not what I thought I was getting. It was like biting into a cupcake only to discover it’s actually a spice muffin. Not what I thought it was but still good.
The protagonist’s story is good (I haven’t read The Name of the Wind so I don’t know how similar it may be as others claim) but the intermissions of his tale were really annoying and straight up cringey.
It was enjoyable nonetheless.
Not What I Expected But Good
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A rich, interesting captivating book
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