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It's nice to read something that actually seems to have been written by an adult

This is the first thing I've read in about eight months and jesus it's silly. Also surprisingly badly written.

Oh jesus I'd forgotten what an angsty bastard Fitz was, and the first book had lulled me into a false sense of security. I dunno if I can be bothered with this. On another note, I don't think I've ever re-read the first 3 books before, just the later ones....

Apparently I started reading this back in 2012 and got up to about the same point as now. It's not a great book, I grabbed it out of a box of stuff going to the charity shop thinking it was Runelords.

I hate Fitz sometimes, but god damn is the payoff worth it. I just had to put this down and run about the room like a giddy child for a minute. This book is everything the Temeraire finale was missing.

FitzChivalry Farseer: Dumb as a box of rocks.

Oh. They pushed it I see... Guess I'm done with GR entirely for now...

This book is very good.

So how long until we find her brothers decomposed corpse?

nope nope nope nope nope.

This is a weird-ass book. I think I am going to subtitle it "Fitz: Still thick as pigshit"

I ought to read a book more than once every eight months.

I can see her point about socks.

So far this 100% ignores the fact that some people don't live alone. Yes I could get rid of everything, but not everything here is mine.

"Saiga?" I asked.

At first. On this one I mounted an adjustable ACE stock, with recoil pad of course, FAL pistol grip, holographic sight system, EOTech in particular, night vision compatible. Full rail system, so you can mount lights or IR illuminators, or as you can see here, a Tula 6G15 40mm grenade launcher, front-loading, single-shot. The barrel has been... IT GOES ON FOR TWICE THIS LENGTH BUT I CANNOT FIT IT!

This is a book almost entirely without guns and it is a relief.

Just marking where I'm up to with this, I tend to read a few at a time.

The main character is now acquiring plot points via dreams. Yep.

This book is strange, the author can't decide what he wants, one moment it's "the government is always right and can do no wrong let's go fill in our tax returns" (literally, this is a thing that they are doing), the next it's NO DAD I DON'T NEED YOU AND YOUR STUPID LAWS, who needs pilot licences or air traffic control! Make up your mind dude.

This book is one of those books that should have ended 100 pages ago I gotta be honest.

Calling it that Jerkwad #1 is going to die soon in a way that entirely prevents the main character from blaming himself, therefore freeing up Love Interest #1, Jerkwads current squeeze, a woman beautiful beyond reason, able to use a variety of weapons and also a gun nut; to return his advances.

Looong description of all the special fancy things she's glued to her gun, things that glow in the dark or light up or detect the local light level and emit a funny cat noise depending on what it finds, 3 or 4 sights, camouflage, a nice pink decal skin. I'm amazed she could get it in her super awesome thigh holster or whatever the fuck she kept it, I wasn't paying attention.

I'm glad I didn't pay for this.

I never really get the american fascination with types of gun, just tell me "I shot him with the gun, it contained some bullets" not "The Smith & Western containing Federal 125-grain .357 hollowpoints" (An actual description of his gun)

I have no hopes for this but if I read it then maybe Goodreads will stop telling me to read it.

I was liking this at first but I'm going off it now...