Books by Kirill Yeskov
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review 1: “The first casualty in war is often the truth”The lord of the rings while a complex book with rich history and characters that have echoed through the years is at it’s a heart a rather simple tale of good against evil. This sits at odds with the world around us and is perhaps why...
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review 1: The good in the LOTR trilogy is so good that you want to shout: "Frodo, ditch that weak english Shire ale, break a bottle of the hard stuff over Gandalf's head, and tell that senile old quack of a wizard to stick his ring where the sun don't shine." "Oh, and Sam, grow a spine and...
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review 1: I started this book with high hopes, since I rather like alternative viewpoint stories. The very beginning was promising, with a lovely description of a desert sunset. However, I was jerked out of the land of Middle-earth by the use of the word "smartass". I certainly don't want ...
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review 1: Another book that has a great idea, but done poorly. The idea: Tell the story of Lord of the Rings and it's aftermath, from the point of view of one of Sauron's minions. And based on the concept of "history is told by the winners," the author assumes that what Tolkien wrote is no...