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Started off really enjoying the book this time around, but it's favor wore itself out when Croaker dreams about diddling pair 12 year old girls. Think he was a bit unsettled by it. But still...
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May 12, 2014
Athena Shardbearer
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Reading the Omnibus version.

2018: I got this book from free from Tor.com. I tried to read it, and got about 40% of the way in, but I just couldn't catch the rhythm of the world. I couldn't figure out what was going on, like who was struggling with who and why. I read the Wikipedia entry to try and get some context, but even that wasn't terribly helpful. Cook writes well enough, but talk about sparse prose. There are a lot of people who love this series, and it seemed like it has potential, but I just couldn't get on board.
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