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First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6)

Jim Butcher

Start date: July 11, 2019

Finish date: August 1, 2019

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Jul 19, 2011 Jim rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1paper, fantasy, 3series, 2fiction

This is the final book in the series & it did sum everything up nicely - too nicely. Butcher is just too attached to some of his characters. While that makes this a fun read, it lacked any depth of emotions for me. (view spoiler) It just took all the suspense out of it. C'mon Butcher, grow a pair! Life isn't f ...more

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Oct 02, 2019 seak rated it liked it

Shelves: 2019, audio

This is a great series, I really enjoyed it, enjoyed the characters, etc., etc. But there's a but.

I think it would be so much better if it were half the length.

Loved the first 3, probably 4. Five and six just became a bit of a rough slog for me. It might be that, (1) it was relatively forgettable, but also, (2) maybe it's just me and I'm getting tired of very traditional fantasy.

And this is very traditional fantasy. It's well-done and enjoyable, but I think it just wore me down after a while.

I ...more

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Nov 26, 2009 Jeffrey rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, read-in-2009

I really liked this book and burned through it in one day. Its hard to talk about the novel because it was a conclusion of a six book series in which the earlier books were much better, but all of the story lines were concluded satisfactory.

That being said, I felt that Tavi, who is the focus of most of the story was basically off page for more than half of the book, as the author tried to tie up the loose ends involving some of the other characters. That is a minor quibble. Also some of the inve ...more

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Dec 07, 2009 Kivrin rated it it was amazing

Second read...This was a fine finish to the Codex Alera series. All my favorite characters manage to survive (more or less), and the ending is happy but not so perfect as to be unbelievable. The bad guys get what they deserve! As with every other book in the series, it's a roller coaster ride of action. I was left with a good book hangover--happy with the ending but not wanting it to end. There are minor characters (some just introduced in this book) that I have to create stories for in my head ...more

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