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Den Of Thieves (2011)

by David Chandler(Favorite Author)

3.55 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0062021249 (ISBN13: 9780062021243)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Harper Voyager

series

Ancient Blades

review 1: If I were to sum up Den of Thieves in one word, I'd probably choose “frustrating”. This was a story that I was interested in, with characters who were at least half likeable, but at the same time it somehow just didn't grip me. When I wanted to settle down and read, I'd find a distraction after a couple of pages and let that take me, where normally I'd expect for the book to take precedence. It’s like there was a hook, but no barb on the end, so my interest would get tickled but ultimately fall off the end.I think part of this may have been the writing. For large portions of the book I would be thinking “this is a YA novel” – it just seemed to be written for a younger audience until the occasional bit of strong language here and there. This aside though, frustr... moreating is definitely the word. I did mostly enjoy this book, but just couldn't get in to it deeply enough to really enjoy it. It’s one of those novels that I finished and didn't actually dislike, but yet I have no real desire to pick up the next book in the series.
review 2: The back of this book made it sound like pretty standard fantasy adventure - a fun read. However, the first several chapters were so unimaginative and cliche, I almost put the book down there. I did keep laughing and having to read parts to my husband who couldn't believe how badly this began. It was one thieving cliche after another. I always try to read at least 25% of a book, so despite wanting to be done with the book, I kept going. Once we start getting into other characters, the book does improve a bit. A second viewpoint character comes from the "stupidly noble" knight mold, but a third seems to color outside the lines of the "former noble knight turned thug" mold a bit. However, the book didn't improve quickly enough to wash the taste of the opening from my mouth by the 25% mark and I gladly set this book down and moved onto something else. less

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