Shadows Of The Apt (8 books in series)
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review 1: Fun. The idea is fun and it reads well enough. Villains are complex and/or interesting (some are a bit one dimensional, but never dull).Annoying. The author really, really wanted to see one character face off against his love interest, so he pushed and prodded until that was the ...
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review 1: В последните години стана модерно (явно и доходно) да се пишат фентъзита за "млади възрастни" (young adults), които се отличават с по-елементарен сюжет и изказ. Знаете ги тия: момчетата кльопат като топъл хляб фентъзито, а момичетата - всякакъв вампирски булшит.Много се дразня об...
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review 1: Took me a while to get going on, this one. While it's continuing the usual high standards I was jarred by the introduction of the sea kinden. As I've read in another review so am clearly not alone in thinking, after several books of slowly introducing a range of land-kinden you'r...
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review 1: I've greatly enjoyed this series.... until this book. The characters were the least interesting. Che with her raging incompetence and the loyalty divided Thalric plays a key part, with a little romance between them. Totho is back with his strange love for Che..... then that is ab...
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review 1: I've given Blood of the Mantis 3 stars, but the quality hasn't dropped. The writing style, the characterization, it's the same good stuff carrying on from the previous two books.The problem comes from little being accomplished. This book is about building things up - more pieces ...
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review 1: Do you talk to your books? Certainly I am not the only one. Do you catch yourself warning the person in the suspense novel not to enter that darkened room? I often find myself chiding characters in books when they do silly things and cheering their triumphs. I know they cannot he...
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review 1: Seven or so major strands to the narrative, all of which steam right along. A fit conclusion to the war & numinous object storylines from the first three volumes. Generates effective pathos through key character deaths--one in particular is badass in execution, but then cheapen...
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review 1: A very good book and for sure a interesting and luring start to a series. It is a very interesting twist to read about people that are not human but insect yet show all the traits of humans. The different kinden are a great twist to this story and characters like Tisamon, Che, Sa...