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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

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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Dec 27, 2008
Dylan
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Allison
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