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Jonathan Baldie
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| Good, but preachy at times and feels like it ends before the long final chapter. A solid thriller. | |
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My least favourite Reacher novel so far. Feels flat, tired, and formulaic. And this gem almost made me spit out my coffee: "A question of force, obviously, which is the product of mass times velocity squared, and that squared part puts a premium on s ...more |
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Without wanting to spoil anything - my goodness, the ending is incredible! Words of Radiance continues the arcs of Kaladin and the other bridgemen onwards and upwards. I didn't connect much with Shallan's arc, and often found her journey a little con ...more |
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| Goodness. One of the quickest beginning sections to a novel I've experienced. I was 10% into the novel before I caught myself! The pages turn fast as they tend to do with Reacher thrillers. Lots of good question-answer chains that draw you along. The ...more | |
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| Good, not my favourite Reacher novel so far. Suffers a little bit from some eye-rolling thriller tropes. But it got me turning the pages fast, and it was surprisingly emotional in a few places. | |
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| Good, not my favourite Reacher novel so far. Suffers a little bit from some eye-rolling thriller tropes. But it got me turning the pages fast, and it was surprisingly emotional in a few places. | |
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| Equally fascinating, horrifying, and awe-inspiring. I read this for the first time after seeing Denis Villeneuve's first Dune film. You can see how Herbert took inspiration from Lawrence of Arabia: Paul leading an oppressed yet powerful group of peop ...more | |
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Okay, so I was supposed to be reading Hero of Ages in the Mistborn trilogy, but with Wind and Truth out now, the shiny-object-allure of dipping into a new series was too great. And wow what a great choice that was. This book is a solid five stars for ...more |
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| Like *Children of Time* this took me a while to read. But it was worth it! Sanderson’s characters are some of the strongest I’ve read, and the payoff at the end is superb. My only nitpick is the use of italics for character thoughts—I prefer the free ...more | |
“Don’t think that writing your character as an untainted paragon of virtue will make them likeable—actually the opposite is true. People are attracted to each other’s rough edges. Your readers will relate more with your hero if they show issues that taint their character.”
― The 24 Laws of Storytelling: A Practical Handbook for Great Storytellers
― The 24 Laws of Storytelling: A Practical Handbook for Great Storytellers
“Any person capable of angering you becomes your master;
he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.”
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he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.”
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“Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems”
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“Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.”
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