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It's like War & Peace meets Grimm's Fairy Tales and they travel together to Middle Earth speaking in a modern tongue. Only BETTER!
Epic in scope with a HUGE cast of characters. A little difficult to keep the characters straight at first, but the reader quickly becomes invested in their lives. Character depth the likes of which blur the lines between good guys and bad guys. Aren't we ALL both good and bad? There's an entire history book of background information that is alluded to... how long must ...more
Epic in scope with a HUGE cast of characters. A little difficult to keep the characters straight at first, but the reader quickly becomes invested in their lives. Character depth the likes of which blur the lines between good guys and bad guys. Aren't we ALL both good and bad? There's an entire history book of background information that is alluded to... how long must ...more
It should be more like 3.5... I had a really tough time getting into it, am still not entirely sure i'm hooked, but by the end of this volume was a little disappointed that there's a waiting list at the library for volume 2.
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This book series is genius. I only WISH I could write like this man. I grabbed the book because I liked the show. I liked the book so much I read far far ahead. I just wish I could rescue my favorite characters as he kills them off. That's ok, maybe I'll just hold them in my heart. Great story. Epic times. Never know what's going to happen next.
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No surprises, since I had already seen the HBO show, but still a great book. I feel like I have accomplished something amazing by finishing it!
Hard to put down, I loved the mix of realism with fantasy.
Sep 29, 2011
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