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At page 246, I'm throwing the towel in on this one. It's not that it's bad, it's really not. I just can't seem to get excited about it, and after this many pages, I want to be more eager to pick it up. I'm just not interested enough to find out what happens in the next 500 pages or so. I have so many other books screaming for my attention. Now this book is classified as fantasy and I don't usually read this genre. That's not to say I have never enjoyed a fantasy novel - I have in fact enjoyed a
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I want back the approximately 20 hours I spent reading and listening to this book. (Bless the audiobook narrator, though. I think I would have given up by 500 pages, if not for Simon Prebble trying his damndest to give this story some life.)
I didn't start this expecting fast pacing. I expected to sink into a meandering gaslamp fantasy that was more historical fiction than fantastical. What I did not expect was to not care about or enjoy it at all. This was one of the most disappointing books I'v ...more
I didn't start this expecting fast pacing. I expected to sink into a meandering gaslamp fantasy that was more historical fiction than fantastical. What I did not expect was to not care about or enjoy it at all. This was one of the most disappointing books I'v ...more
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