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May 17, 2021 11:17AM
I’ll be diving in this weekend :)
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The new kinden types are cool, too... (view spoiler)
Some stuff I spoiled, looking at the wiki... probably a good thing that the wiki lacks in information for most characters beyond book 2-3 :D
I am starting now book 2. And I just love how it begins. It is the right time to introduce this character and i just enjoy how vile he seems to be!
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Still enjoying it... but kinda glad I have time to take a breather between each book...
My favourite is Thalric still, but I also find the Emperor super intriguing. In general, I feel like this work by Tchaikovsky isn't quite as polished as his later stuff and at times it's a bit chaotic but also filled with so much information my head is spinning.
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I’m glad this one is a bit shorter. I have so many reads currently xD
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Didn't make it very far... kinda surprised the book didn't open with some more insights into the Wasp Emperor/Empire, like the 2nd book did... thought that was gonna become a recurring thing...
Haha! Good reason to start. I must admit I was expecting some info about the wasps too!
You still here Ian? I am about to catch up with this one :)
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I read almost half of it today, starting this morning :D
Got a busy couple weeks ahead, if I want to catch up to where we should be...
OR... we can just shift the schedule 2 months, if you want :D
Do book 4 next month... depends if you're on Blood of the Mantis still, like I am, or made it further...
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The Wasp Empire just sounds unstoppable... I'm having Thanos flashbacks... "I... AM... INEVITABLE!!!"
I’m hopefully finishing up Mantis this week and would have started 4 next Monday. So up to you.
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I’ll finish 3 this weekend and then we can do 4 next month? But afterwards one a month should work for me :)
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The flow of these books really reminds me of Wheel of Time & the frequent "Convergences of Events" of Malazan...
The way the character all meet up for a short time, only to split off into a dozen directions, while still being able to reliably expect half of them to end up together in whatever final showdown materializes... and the rest accomplishing other goals...
This one has definitely thrown some curveballs (view spoiler)
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I actually spoiled some of the ending of this book forever ago, finding out this series has 3 arcs and a partial wiki... but the ending also packed some surprises...
The Wasp Empire kinda felt like Thanos for much of the book... "inevitable"...
Especially (view spoiler)
Next arc should be interesting... hope you show up, Olivia...
I haven’t forgotten either :D I’ll be back to leave my comments!
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I scheduled a ton of BRs this month, on accident, and people keep scheduling more, because there's a fast and loose multi-series read going on in the Mystery Channel (all my fault) :D
I’m halfway through 4 actually. Wanted to finish it before this month is over. Then start 5 in November. I must admit - having read some of his other books - this series has flaws but I do enjoy it nonetheless.
I find Thalric in particular very well written
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I must admit - having read some of his other books - this series has flaws but I do enjoy ..."
Yea... his other stuff is better... but this series is definitely readable... don't hate it, by any means...
I think he has a new book/series I want to read that started recently...
This one: Shards of Earth... altho most of his standalones/etc look interesting, too...
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I read Shards of The Earth. I really like the concept and world, but I wasn’t enamoured with the plot. I’d love to hear what you think.
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Timelord Iain wrote: "I tried reading The Expert System's Brother, but didn't make it very far with the unusual writing style..."It’s interesting that he’s written some of my favourite books (Children of Time & Dogs of War) but can also be totally “miss” for me.
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Iain! Are we still reading? I've had too many reads and then got buried in work... I swear adult life is overrated.
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lol... agreed...
I'm open to continuing... maybe we can finish the 2nd arc this year ;)
I think there are 3 arcs... I should have time in a week or 3, if you want to say we'll read book 5 this month...
I kinda paused this waiting for you to be ready, when September/October fell through...
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Timelord Iain wrote: "We'll finish this series... someday..."SOMEDAY
okay book 5 end of this month
(I might re-read 3 and 4 to get me back into the swing of things if I find time)
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On the cusp of winning the war, the war was paused, because (view spoiler)
Timelord Iain wrote: "More power to you... no way I'm doing a re-read... I vaguely remember how things ended, in the first arc...On the cusp of winning the war, the war was paused, because [spoilers removed]"
I vaguely remember things, but I looked at the beginning of the fifth book and went "huh" - I might make the re-read of at least book 4 my evening / good night read since I wasn't in the most focused headspace when I read it last year... I've been looking at my list and with a lot of books I'm like: I'm not sure I remember reading this which is bad
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