{"id":11663,"date":"2018-01-09T20:04:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T14:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/?p=11663"},"modified":"2018-01-09T20:04:16","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T14:34:16","slug":"mercy-of-gods-men-by-aditya-mathur-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/09\/mercy-of-gods-men-by-aditya-mathur-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercy of Gods &#038; Men by Aditya Mathur (Book Review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51ybl32pNlL.jpg\" alt=\"Mercy of Gods &amp; Men by [Mathur, Aditya]\" width=\"266\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Add this book on Goodreads<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Mercy-Gods-Men-Aditya-Mathur-ebook\/dp\/B01N1UKFQ1\/ref=la_B003VNDJO2_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1515316569&amp;sr=1-2\">Buy this book on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Genre:<\/strong>\u00a0Fantasy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a020 December, 2016<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Maple Press<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pages:<\/strong>\u00a0273<\/li>\n<li><strong>Format:<\/strong>\u00a0Paperback<\/li>\n<li><strong>Source:<\/strong> Review Copy<\/li>\n<li><strong>My Rating: <\/strong>3.5\u00a0stars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more-->The story of <em>Mercy Of Gods and Men by Aditya Mathur<\/em> is set in three kingdoms that are at war. With rebellions, conspiracies and lots of action, it makes for an exciting read.<\/p>\n<p>This is the author&#8217;s first novel and I have to say I&#8217;m impressed. The writing was quite good despite a few errors. The chapters were short which made the book a fast read.<\/p>\n<p>I could see how the plot was inspired by Game Of Thrones but it was also different all the same.\u00a0Magic, politics, conspiracy even dragons are a part of it.\u00a0It did take me a while to get into the book but it got more interesting as it progressed. The story moves at a very good pace and doesn&#8217;t get boring.<\/p>\n<p>There is a wide set of characters and we read the book through all their perspectives. I liked that the author managed to tell a bit about all of them and wrap up the book in 300 pages. However, at times I felt like they made very compulsive decisions and their moods changed too often.<\/p>\n<p>As a fantasy book, what this story lacked was proper world-building. It would have been more fascinating if we knew more about the people and the back-story of the kingdoms.<\/p>\n<p>Pick this up if you&#8217;re looking for a quick and entertaining fantasy read.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Follow me on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tavleen_words\/\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0where I am the most active |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tavleensoni\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/user\/show\/32793447-tavleen-kaur\">Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add this book on Goodreads Buy this book on Amazon Genre:\u00a0Fantasy Release Date:\u00a020 December, 2016 Publisher:\u00a0Maple Press Pages:\u00a0273 Format:\u00a0Paperback Source: Review Copy My Rating: 3.5\u00a0stars<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/09\/mercy-of-gods-men-by-aditya-mathur-book-review\/#more-11663\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mercy of Gods &#038; Men by Aditya Mathur (Book Review)<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,85,99,180,227,228,231,376,510],"class_list":["post-11663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","tag-17","tag-book-review","tag-books","tag-fantasy","tag-indian-blogger","tag-indian-book","tag-indian-books","tag-reading","tag-young-adult"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11621,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/24\/stacking-the-shelves-2-december-2017-book-haul-hiatus-announcement\/","url_meta":{"origin":11663,"position":0},"title":"Stacking the Shelves #2 || December 2017 Book Haul &#038; hiatus announcement","date":"January 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi everyone! 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