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jonn

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That doma.dev guy.

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I don't like cringe stuff.

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56% complete! jonn has read 30 of 53 books.

The Courts of Chaos (The Chronicles of Amber Series, Book 5) (1979, Avon) 4 stars

Now I knew that it had been Dad, wanting to know my feelings. He had judged. He had made his decision.

And I was backing out. Whether it was arrested development, the desire to be free of such an encumbrance, or a matter of sudden enlightenment based on all that I had experienced in recent years growing slowly within me, granting me a more mature view of the onerous role of monarch apart from its moments of glory, I do not know.

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replied to lijadora's status

@lijadora TL;DR: Your review contains a spoiler, please edit or use "spoiler alert" button.

I don't think it's fair to spoil the "worn trope", to those who didn't read a thousand books with that trope.

I remember reading it for the first time and how bored I was for the first 50 pages, but as the chase scene was unfolding, I got transfixed and kept reading till I got the first five books done with.

Then I had a similar hump while getting into the next five books, but now they're actually my favorite five.

Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1) 4 stars

Wizard's First Rule, written by Terry Goodkind, is the first book in the epic fantasy …

Florida Man's Lord of the Rings.

4 stars

Unintentionally cool. But no 4 stars because the author was actually serious.

Let's start with the positive stuff.

This is a very nice blend of Star Wars, LotR and Dune. It's a very smartly shaped book, which one can think of as a collection of short-stories with an overarching theme.

There are no plot holes, but—as a reviewer suggests—there is one instance of plot-induced stupidity. That said, part of the reason why I'm tempted to rate this 4 stars is how brilliant the foreshadowing and plot twists were.

The book is full of cute moral relativism, but the author treats it as if it's a bit deeper than it is. The author is very keen to spread moral relativism and Anya Rand libertarianism bullshit to the readers. What reads as humourous / parody fantasy is, according to Goodkind himself was written as stone-faced serious piece of fiction. That said, one …

replied to Debbie's status

@silentrequiem holy shit, I see you enjoy swearing in book reviews, so here's my response:

  1. imagine needing to side with the main character. If Michael is part of your book club, I don't want to know how harsh are you on Martian Chronicles :)
  2. anyone can make a shadow. Then, anyone else can pass by this shadow and nuke the fuck out of it. In the shadows, the amberites are somewhere between the forces of nature and the gods.
  3. regarding "casuality" of style: have Michael heard of etiquette, perhaps? Yes? Couldn't tell.
  4. Michael probably wants to read something like the second edition of the book? It's popular enough to have multiple.
Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1) 4 stars

Wizard's First Rule, written by Terry Goodkind, is the first book in the epic fantasy …

I've read an amazing review at kara.reviews/.

The reviewer is being quite upset about the Cypher suffering from plot stupidity.

Although I'm yet to see an instance of plot stupidity, I'd like to say that in a weird way, Goodkind's fantasy is very realistic. All of us mess up some stuff and fluke some other stuff. Asking the characters for universally correct deductions is as unrealistic as "plot-induced stupidity".

Which, yet again, 38-ish chapters in is yet to be found (by me).