Results of tag "books"
The Devils review
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The Devils is an excellent start to a new trilogy by Joe Abercrombie, and while it doesn't hit the same heights as his more grimdark work, it's a fun romp.
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A Prayer for the Crown-Shy review
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A Prayer for the Crown-Shy is the latest in Becky Chambers feel-good low states sci-fi novellas. This one continues the journeys of Dex and Mosscap, asking questions about what humans really need and what drives them in a post-scarcity world.
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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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