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Sep 30, 2015
Dudleysmith
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I enjoyed this. I would say that it absolutely maintains the Butcher style, and feels very similar in many ways to the first Codex Alera book.
Some characters immediately feel better drawn than others. I found Grimm and Benedict to be a tad bland and Bridget very quickly became my favourite character. I find her stiff upper lip in the face of extreme personal danger very cool.
Rowl is one of the intelligent, talking cats in this world. Bridget is his Human, and being slightly less stupid and incom ...more
Some characters immediately feel better drawn than others. I found Grimm and Benedict to be a tad bland and Bridget very quickly became my favourite character. I find her stiff upper lip in the face of extreme personal danger very cool.
Rowl is one of the intelligent, talking cats in this world. Bridget is his Human, and being slightly less stupid and incom ...more
Enjoyable first book in a steampunk (electro-punk?) universe. It's sort of age of sail except with electrically (fine, etherically) flying airships and magic. I'd be hard pressed to name my favorite character, but it's probably Rowl, the cat.
While I enjoyed the book, there were some disappointments: 1) Structurally, the book relied on cliffhangers in much the same way the DaVinci Code does. 2) The book does not really stand alone. While it tells the story of an episode in the conflict between tw ...more
While I enjoyed the book, there were some disappointments: 1) Structurally, the book relied on cliffhangers in much the same way the DaVinci Code does. 2) The book does not really stand alone. While it tells the story of an episode in the conflict between tw ...more
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