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bondolo

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Joined 2 years, 7 months ago

Esoteric reader interested in ideas.

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Iain M. Banks, Iain Banks: Look to Windward (Paperback, 2001, Orbit)

It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war.

It led …

Slightly Incoherent

It didn't seem that this book was written with as much attention or focus as the other volumes in the series. I did enjoy it, but was expecting better.

reviewed Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett (Founders trilogy series -- 1)

Robert Jackson Bennett: Foundryside (2018)

A thief in a city controlled by industrialized magic joins forces with a rare honest …

Improbable Growth Arc

Main character becomes almost god-like through the narrative but somehow dwelled in obscurity for years before. Some set piece scenes were out of place and others abbreviated.

John Fowles, John Fowles, John Fowles: The Magus (Paperback, 2001, Back Bay Books)

A startlingly original novel about a young English graduate who takes a position as a …

Ultimately Unsatisfying

At some level the confusion and lies are overwhelming. It definitely doesn't help that the main character is an entitled unrepentant jerk.