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| I am by no means an expert for fantasy novels, so I do not have too much to compare this book to. That being said, I really enjoyed how the magic and sorcery in these books were constructed. There are different classes of abilities, Knacked, Marked,...more | |
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This series promises a good deal of potential. I am slightly puzzled how an inter-planar art thief does business. Are the artists the same and the pieces are stylistically similar but slightly varied, or are they exact copies, etc. The concept is won...more |
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rated a book 4 of 5 stars
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| This book was a remarkably quick read. Several plots and locations are set up and start to intertwine. The climax was set up well, but it certainly did not end up like I expected. It ended up on a slightly more positive note than I thought, which was...more | |
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rated a book 3 of 5 stars
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| This book took me a while to get into. Many of the early stories featured strange and depraved characters, and the people were pathetic. However, as the collection progresses the characters become more interesting and pathetic melts into empathetic....more | |
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rated a book 3 of 5 stars
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| This book starts and ends quite abruptly. The reader is thrown right into the action. The center of the book, where Josef K. tries to navigate the byzantine and stuffy workings of the shadowy court system, is rather confusing to the reader. It certai...more | |
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rated a book 4 of 5 stars
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| Roald Dahl is definitely one of my favorite children's author, although I am definitely no expert of the genre. I think it is because he is not at all worried about making life seem pleasant. Instead, it seems awful. For Matilda, both her parents and...more | |
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rated a book 3 of 5 stars
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| This book starts with a fun conceit. Due to the Hobart Phase, time starts running backwards. The dead are reborn (old-born) with the assistance of vitariums and people have begun aging backward. People eat in reverse (disgorging their victuals). To d...more | |
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rated a book 2 of 5 stars
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| This book did not interest me as much as the other John Irving book which I have read, The World According to Garp. It was interesting how with both these books the subjects of bears, hotels, and Vienna, Austria all pop up in both. I am curious as to...more | |
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