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Bloodstone is a decent book, but not a great one. After having read several of the shorter stories, this novel didn't feel like it reached up to their quality by any means. It's a nice read, but Kane seems to be lacking this terrifying unnatural side of his that makes him such a great character.
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Probably closer to 3.5 stars, but I will give the benefit of rounding up. Parts of this were engrossing, but it didn’t suck me in. At its mere 200 pages, I should have ripped through this in 3 days maximum; but it failed to grab me. At times it did.
Some of KEW’s writing is great. Sometimes he commits the sin that one of my writing professors called “Hey Dumb Reader”: he information dumps Kane’s diabolical plans in large chunks of dialogue. Thankfully not in a mustache curling way, but by having ...more
Some of KEW’s writing is great. Sometimes he commits the sin that one of my writing professors called “Hey Dumb Reader”: he information dumps Kane’s diabolical plans in large chunks of dialogue. Thankfully not in a mustache curling way, but by having ...more
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