Review by Claire Riddle -- The Sins of a Master Race

[Claire Riddle]

[Following is a volunteer review of "The Sins of a Master Race" by Matthew Tysz.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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The Sins of a Master Race by Matthew Tysz is the third installment of his dark fantasy series, The Turn.

This story takes place in the fall, after the war against the King of May, one of the most powerful gods in the post-turn world. Cattleprod, a former slaver and now the ruler of Interstate keeps expanding his empire while the two protagonists of the novel, Ashley and Scholar is set out on their adventurous life – but things have changed a lot.

The situation gets even more complicated when two cousins – neither gods nor mere humans – step onto the earth. With these powerful demigods’ arrival, the author introduces us to a whole new universe where souls are kept until they are put into new bodies. Being fortunate and tactful enough to escape this secret universe, these two cousins start killing gods and destroying their kingdoms.

Apart from this secret universe, the author has given birth to many new races which can be hardly called humans. The kingdoms they occupy are fascinating and wonderful, as much as the people themselves. Yet, humans are uncertain on how to get along with these new nations.

What I loved most in this novel is the development of characters and relationships among each other. Especially the protagonists have built a strong, deep bond under the brilliant supervision of the author and it has made the whole story more intriguing. Ella Hale, the most important and strongest female personality is more opened to the readers and her character becomes very important to the flow of the novel. But some characters hardly appeared in the story such as Dylan McCormick, and I hope they will appear more often in the upcoming installments.

I loved the author’s use of visual imagery as well, and sometimes I was even shocked to see how well I could see the image on my mind upon some scenes of the novel.

“Maron flipped the guard onto his stomach and ripped one of his wings off like pulling a paintbrush quickly from a bucket of water. Blood splattered across the street, glistening in the moonlight.”

Going through missions, wonderful races and new worlds, I did not find anything that I disliked. There were some typo errors and grammar errors but I do not hope to deduct a star. Therefore, I rate this novel 4 out of 4 stars.

This book was really intriguing and I enjoyed exploring the wondrous, fascinating kingdoms such as Obadiah and Do Mar. I travelled with Ashley and Scholar, and of course it was an amazing expedition. And now, the ending of the novel left me itching to read the next volume of this series. If you love dark fantasy novels, this would definitely be your next perfect read. But this book is not for readers under fourteen for it contains violence and mature content.

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[Nedbrian]

From the cover, I almost surmised this book would be non fiction. However, your elaborate review has made me to understand what to expect: fiction, suspense and stories of gods. Thank you for your amazing review

[Claire Riddle]

From the cover, I almost surmised this book would be non fiction. However, your elaborate review has made me to understand what to expect: fiction, suspense and stories of gods. Thank you for your amazing review

Thank you so much for your lovely comments. Hope you'll enjoy this book.