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City of Blades
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Valentin Derevlean
Feb 09, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy
În ciuda stereotipului cu al doilea volum, de data aceasta City of Blades mi s-a părut mai bun decât primul volum: mai bine organizat, mai bine dezvoltate personajele și intriga.

Îmi era teamă că nu o să îmi amintesc foarte multe din primul volum (Orașul scărilor în ediția Paladin), însă Bennett reia foarte puține personaje și asta ajută mult. Shara apare puțin, deși era personajul central în Orașul scărilor, însă aici e maestru-păpușar, aflat în rol politic de data asta. Cum în orașul de la capă
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James
May 03, 2024 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
This was more personal, more bitter, more visceral that City of Stairs, and for me, that element of darkness is what made it a harder read. Still a strong book which asks interesting questions about what it is to serve in a military, but also a book that discards characters with a brutality that I found very affecting. It did not bu8ild on City of Stairs in the way I thought it would, and honestly that was a problem for me as well, by switching the focus and the dynamic of story you lose some of ...more
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