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Paul Barker

pbarker@bookwyrm.social

Joined 2 years, 8 months ago

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I use "read" to cover both books and audiobooks, don't hate me! I tend to read about 50% #SciFi & #Fantasy fiction and 50% non-fiction. Non-fiction interests include #Politics & #Economics (especially from #Leftist perspectives), #Evolution, #Philosophy, #Physics, #Religion.

I'm also an #EmbeddedLinux & #OpenSource software developer, #Humanist, #Leftist and quite probably #Autistic (though still on my journey of discovery).

Pronouns are he/him.

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Steven Erikson: Gardens of the Moon (2009)

The opening chapter in an epic fantasy masterpiece....Bled dry by interminable warfare, infighting and bloody …

I really struggled with the scope of this book. It was too pulled back, too wide a shot. I didn't feel I cared about any of the characters as my attention was too scattered.

Perhaps I'll come back to this and give it another go one day. I hear the series is excellent once you get further into it. But for now, this is on my Did Not Finish list.