"Savage Legion" is a fantasy book heavy on politics and action, light on the things I usually associate with the fantasy genre. I'd say the first third or fourth of the book has a lot of focus on exposition and world building and it does feel a bit slow, but the pace didn't bother me. It took me about a day of on and off reading to get through the first third of the book, but the next day I read the rest in a few hours.
I suppose the only thing keeping this from being a 5/5 book for me is the writing--Wallace's prose is mostly serviceable, which doesn't mean it's bad, it's just okay.
The book feels incomplete but that's because it's the first in a series. I think I would've preferred if it had more of a conclusive ending, but whatever. It's fine, so long as the second book is good too.
I suppose the only thing keeping this from being a 5/5 book for me is the writing--Wallace's prose is mostly serviceable, which doesn't mean it's bad, it's just okay.
The book feels incomplete but that's because it's the first in a series. I think I would've preferred if it had more of a conclusive ending, but whatever. It's fine, so long as the second book is good too.