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Eeeeeeee. I have to give this two stars. I angled for three, but when I saw two starts defined as "it was ok" that's where it had to land.
I read the reviews about the slow start. I read the reviews about the footnotes on Audible. I went forward with it anyway. I waited for it to get really good. It just never got there for me.
I think the reading experience would have been better than the listening experience. I struggled to keep track of who was who, which would have been easy to deal with by f ...more
I read the reviews about the slow start. I read the reviews about the footnotes on Audible. I went forward with it anyway. I waited for it to get really good. It just never got there for me.
I think the reading experience would have been better than the listening experience. I struggled to keep track of who was who, which would have been easy to deal with by f ...more
I am very surprised that this book kept me interested for the most part. It is 1008 pages in paperback, and very little actually happens. They compare the author to Jane Austen, so I knew it wasn't going to be your typical fantasy, but I still thought that there would at least be some action. Unfortunately there was probably about 15 pages worth, and I may be giving it too much credit. However, by midway through the book I began to care about the characters and finished relatively quickly. Peopl
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OMG, someone do something already. This is like the itchy and scratchy episode where you see the cat and mouse riding together in a car, and they start passing signs saying "Fireworks Factory, 2 Miles" then 1 Mile, then a Half Mile. You KNOW something awesome is coming up right around the corner. But it never, ever does. Thus Bart Simpson's friend Milhouse, crying and whining at the same time, "When
are they going to get to the fiiiireworks factory?"
I read the first 500 pages of this turd, and I ...more
are they going to get to the fiiiireworks factory?"
I read the first 500 pages of this turd, and I ...more
Time warp and reality warp all in one. Felt like I was reading some 19th century alternate universe comedy of manners. I doubted my attention span was up to a 1000 page book, but I had no trouble with it. Couldn't put it down!
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Why was this so popular? Where are the women? It's just plain weird to read a fantasy novel that's just lousy with men and have not a single strong female character. I gave up.
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Liked this book better second time around (although I have a "don't change the ratings for rereads" policy)
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May 31, 2009
Tim
marked it as to-read
Apr 24, 2012
Amy
marked it as to-read
Jul 11, 2012
Eoghann Irving
marked it as to-read
Jul 09, 2015
Meredith
marked it as to-read
Nov 05, 2017
Kaushalya
marked it as to-read
