I am sadly giving up on this book. I made it about 15% of the way through the book. Frustratingly, this is one of those books where the synopsis sounds AMAZING, then you read it and it's like, OK, the author has a way with words, this looks good, it's gonna kick in aaaaaany minute now ....Then 15% of the way into the book you're still thinking, 'aaaaany minute now!' Perhaps at some later date, if the sequels come out & look even better, I'll come back & skim through this, but as it is, I haven't picked it up in weeks and feel no inclination to do so. Again, frustrating because there's SO MUCH promise to it.Oh well. 4.5/5 Stars!If you thought George R.R. Martin was cruel, you should give this book a whirl. I was warned that it was going to be really dark and twisted but I was not prepared for this.It was amazing!! John Patick Kennedy (JPK) brought Nix, Persephone, and Ishtar to life in a way that was terrifying and believeable. Nix is the Queen of Hell and Persephone and Ishtar are her closest friends and followers which right away twisted this book for me. I would go back and forth, loving the characters and sympathizing with them, then remembering that she is a horrible angle - but she's made out to be the protagonist. It was just really well executed.JPK's has a writing style that I love. He has the perfect balance of dialogue, description, and facts. He totally pulled off writing about Nix's life over a period of over 1000 years without it being boring for even a second.I knew something wasn't right with Tribunal right from the beginning but I couldn't figure out what exactly. In the ending we get a taste of who he really is and it's grim. I definitely need to read book 2 to find out the true extent of his wrath.The only reason I didn't give this a solid 5 stars is because I didn't fully connect 100% to the characters and completely become a part of them. I would say I sympathized 85% with them - maybe because they are so dark? I'm not really sure.Anyway I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is prepared for a DARK book. Even though JPK is a fairly new author, I'm still surprised that this book isn't more popular. It deserves to be.
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Interesting concept, extremely mediocre execution. So disappointed.
—ravichandran
not your average Bible story, as a whole it's interesting to read
—Emily
LOVE IT!!!! cant wait to see this on the big screen (hopefully)
—Muskan
