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The Black Prism (Lightbringer, #1)

Brent Weeks

Start date: October 1, 2012

Finish date: October 31, 2012

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Jan 31, 2013 Jim rated it really liked it

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

I've never read anything by Weeks before & was pretty impressed. His system of magic was interesting, albeit somewhat confusing at times. Actually, I just went with it when people did magic. Weeks tried hard for a rationale, but there were a few too many rules & ways it was used to make complete sense. I assumed he stayed within them, but doubted it at times. Still, that was minor.

Weeks really impressed me with the realistic aspects of the story. Not only did he have complex, imperfect character ...more

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Sep 08, 2010 Jeffrey rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, read-in-2010

A terrific book. Imaginative, action packed with great characters, an interesting plot, a unique magic system, based on the manipulation of light. Throw in a war, a revolt, duplicity, love, and a boy, mix it all together and the palette is unforgettable.

After a bunch of relativly uninspiring books, this book was just a great fun read.

run to the book store, download it on your kindle, or just take it out ofthe library, like me. You will not be disappointed.

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Jan 28, 2013 Jenelle Compton rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, favorites

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Jun 11, 2014 Kivrin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Really good read. I liked that the world was completely different from anything I've read before (everything based on colors). Good characters that I could care about. Although I found Kip's constant bad self image and attitude grating, I could understand the reason behind it. I like Gavin (and I'm eager to find out all of his great purposes are). I even liked many of the secondary characters. Lots of the plots twists that I didn't see coming. Excited to read the next chapter. ...more

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