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I loved the format of this book, and genuinely appreciate the absolutely stocked bibliography for further reading, and the ending references of which books provided which information. If you're at all interested in medieval Europe, but find the vast literature to be as intimidating as I did, this is the perfect place to start.
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous …
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover …
Absolutely incredible novel. It has been a long time since I read a book like this in bunches. I struggle with my focus but this had me locked in. Can’t recommend it enough for sci fi fans, lovers of language, and intrigue, and love, and so many other human things.
Wily, charming Kuni Garu, a bandit, and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu, the son of a deposed duke, seem like polar …
Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned …
It has been twenty years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs—once thought of almost as gods—were overthrown …
The great city of Ebora once glittered with gold. Now its streets are stalked by wolves. Tormalin the Oathless has …
"The Tower of Babel is the greatest marvel of the Silk Age. Immense as a mountain, the ancient Tower holds …
I try to start reviews from the bottom up, by that I mean giving it stars as I go through my own personal criteria. This is probably the reason I almost never give a book under 3 stars, I don't finish books I hate reading (I might want to rethink my personal rating system because of this as I'm not a book critic so it doesn't really matter).
The plot and pacing of this book are adequate. It's a well written tale, with a few cliches and character tropes that sort of nagged at me throughout. Yesterday, though, I realized it was a four star because I kept on bitching to my wife about different characters.
It didn't matter that the story wasn't the most engaging, all of these characters had become so real to me throughout that I was wishing I could sit them down and talk to some …
I try to start reviews from the bottom up, by that I mean giving it stars as I go through my own personal criteria. This is probably the reason I almost never give a book under 3 stars, I don't finish books I hate reading (I might want to rethink my personal rating system because of this as I'm not a book critic so it doesn't really matter).
The plot and pacing of this book are adequate. It's a well written tale, with a few cliches and character tropes that sort of nagged at me throughout. Yesterday, though, I realized it was a four star because I kept on bitching to my wife about different characters.
It didn't matter that the story wasn't the most engaging, all of these characters had become so real to me throughout that I was wishing I could sit them down and talk to some of them. Others I was just slagging off to my wife, and quite a few I was just idly bitching about. It was fantastic, and few others besides Stephen King can get me feeling so much about characters written on a page that could exist in my life but luckily don't. That was enough to turn this 2-3 star "okay" story into a 4 star character driven bitch fest (on my part), that had a largely satisfying ending.
Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such drama that readers may find …
"Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best -- the meanest, …
What a wild ride.
Not for me. This was more stressful for me to read than anything I've ever picked up.
