Results of tag "books"
The Broken Sword review
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The Broken Sword was written around the same time as The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and the Fellowship of the Ring, and is a foundational heroic fantasy novel, but unfortunately hasn't reached the same level of mainstream success as those novels despite being very on par in quality.
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Annihilation review
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This one wasn't for me. An abrupt ending, very little in the way of explanations, and an increasingly unreliable narrator lead to a novel that, for me, was pretty unsatisfying.
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Phoenix review
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The Vlad Taltos books are a comfort read for me. They fill a spot very similar to the early Dresden books, when they were still serialized monster of the week stories before the main plot truly developed. There is a chronology to these books, but the author says they can be read in mostly any...
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The Fall of Kings review
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We continue the story of Antonio Perez in the strongest novel of the series yet.
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Blood Feud review
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Another excellent entry, and in my opinion an improvement on the first novel. Blood Feud pick up right where where Rise of a Champion leaves off, and is much more of a page-turner.
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The Ice review
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I've really liked how The Bound and the Broken series has alternated between massive main-plot novels and these shorter novellas that fill in the gaps and provide backstory and fill in some of the gaps. The novellas aren't necessary reading, but they're strongly encouraged.Unfortunately, while...
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