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A wonderful tale of an underrated goddess. I always enjoyed Circe in both the original Odyssey and Percy Jackson so having her story told and seeing it unfold was lovely to behold
Is it bad? Not really. Compared to the copycats that came after this, it's practically Shakespeare. Still an average read.
This was not as bad of a book as I thought it was going to be. Or, to put it simply, as I was told it was going to be. Perhaps that is because I read the reviews to see what was going to happen and, for what it was, it was not bad. Not to say that I am clamoring to read the sequels by any means.
The main problem with this novel, as everyone basically has stated, is Hekate. Although, I found mostly all characters repulsive to the point where I wanted Hekate to have them all stung by scorpions.
And that's my main issue with the book. Hekate is supposedly the villain in this series and, as this book went on you can see why, I felt that the characters around her were just as awful as she was if not more. There was generally no one to cheer for in this book and as it went on, the reading became a chore with, not just the characters, but also the dialogue and the religion.
The religion was talked about a few times in the beginning then as the book went on the author decided to hit us over the head with it. I feel like praying to a scorpion my own damn self!
Then there's the ending, which I admittedly didn't think would come, it's abrupt. Something happens then it just cuts off. Now you can argue that this is to merely get anticipation for the second book, but there are better ways to do that. You can complete a story without just cutting yourself off in the middle of a scene. If Brandon Sanderson can do it in his Stormlight Archive books then why couldn't Karen do it?
All in all this is an average book, nothing overly terrible as I thought as was going to get, but not exactly good. Which rates on the “meh” scale with me.
Since I was fortunate, read dumb, enough to get the omnibus version, I read on to the second book. I have heard it is an improvement over the first.
Was a good book but not as great as Percy and i found the characters a lot more irritating, especially in later books, but it was a fun book all things considered.
Review coming soon but all I can say is that Kuang got a fan and a future revolutionary out of me. From the ending, I'm guessing there's a sequel and I do so hope we get one. This is my book of the year by far, and I just have so many thoughts as a POC and my own role in a still colonialist and racist world.
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It's taken me years to finally read through the book and I am most pleased with myself for doing so. This was a heartbreaking and lovely version of the book Iliad and the ten years, almost as long as the Greeks sat on that beach, Mrs. Miller took to create this novel was well worth it. A triumph.
Slow, deliberate but haunting. This took me months to read but I'm glad I read it. Gave me a lot to think about. Oddly vague with the ending details so I had to look up what actually happened.
An astonishing and eye opening look into the vast world of one of my favorite pastimes and hobbies. Jason Schreier knocks it out of the park with this exposé on the largest and smallest gaming studios.
A classic for a reason although my reading experience might have been clouded by the fact that I've watched the old cartoon version of this a million times back when i was a toddler.
Was a pretty good and quick read. Wasn't a huge Crispin fan in EOS but here he was a lot more bearable and likeable. Now onwards to Howling Dark.
I loved this a bit more than the Tailor. It gave some context to the Darkling and the old world.
Fuck this book. I hate it. Slow , slow, slow and the plot doesn't start until the last 100 pages. Never touching this series again.
Took me four years and constant restarts but I finally finished this book. Now it's off to the sequel!
4 1/2 stars. I grew up with only the third book in the series. It feels good to finally have the first and the second book finally.
There was a lull kinda in the middle so I docked a star for that but the last 4 chapters more than made up for it and my beginning dislike of Alex. 3 1/2 stars
I just found my copy of this beautiful book after unpacking from my move and I look forward to rereading this. Like most people I think, I discovered this tale through the beautifully animated movie and it hasn't let me go since. Now that I'm an adult, revisiting this book brings new meanings that i never really understood as a child and it gets better every time.
Book was sweet but the ending was lackluster. I reached the end and all I could think was,”That's it? But what about___ and ___?”
A tour de force of science fiction and a classic for a reason. A difficult book to walk into but the result is incredibly rewarding with a rich story of how religious institutions and corrupt politics shape our world and the Fremen.
