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Easy short read. Liked all the new characters, and the change of location. I'm reading the whole series (Rain Wild Chronicles, 4 books) as one large book, so I didn't mind the abrupt ending.
A man awakes in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no …
My lowest rated Sanderson book. Didn't work for me at all. Almost gave up on finishing this, but the second half just dragged on similarly. After reading [b:Tress of the Emerald Sea|60531406|Tress of the Emerald Sea (The Cosmere)|Brandon Sanderson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1672574587l/60531406.SY75.jpg|95396305] as the first secret novel, I was quite excited about the second one. I thought all 4 were Cosmere novels, and was slightly disappointed when I had the cover spoiled for me a few days before launch.
Robin Hobb has established herself as one of the masters of fantasy fiction And nowhere is that more apparent than …
On a mission to the Out Islands to destroy the dragon Icefyre, who has been …
The ending of the trilogy was perfect. Nicely tied up loose ends, opened up the world further, and lots of character development.
My favorite bit was in the epilogue, when Icefyre puts his head on the hearth to fulfill the promise the prince made.
Robin Hobb: Golden fool (2003, Bantam Books)
Taking up residence at Buckkeep as a spy, FitzChivalry Farseer navigates the complex intrigues of the court as he seeks …
She Who Became the Sun reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty’s founding …
Loved it. Listened to the audiobook, which was wonderfully narrated.
Fool's Errand is a fantasy novel by American writer Robin Hobb, the first in her Tawny Man Trilogy. It commences …
The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with …
In The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison returns to the world of The Goblin Emperor with a direct sequel …
In the second breathtaking volume of Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders trilogy, a new tide of glory and terror sweeps forward …
Noticed 2 things while reading this:
1. Loial is amazing.
2. The coloring for women's clothing isn't so good. There are bland shades, and both Nynaeve and Egwene just get one cloak of a single color each. The male characters get a lot more effort into the coloring, and the folds are much better drawn and inked. This kept bugging me once I'd noticed this throughout.
A good finale. Hits all the right notes, closes all the story arcs. There's even a nice Epilogue at the end.
What I liked: The ever-present feeling of nostalgia with the characters and the reader. "That's it, this is the last one". I appreciated the Goths being explained (and more importantly why they're angry), but not so much that it became stupid mumbo-jumbo. Duarte waking up was an unexpected surprise, but fits with his character.
I especially liked having Tanaka as a viewpoint - it was hard to get right, and the authors did well. The book still felt like a "last session of a decade-long RPG", and that was wonderful. There's even a point in the book where Amos asks Holden if this was going to be a "one-shot".
Also, "Dogs in Space" need to be more common in SFF. I really liked Amos' character arc where he …
A good finale. Hits all the right notes, closes all the story arcs. There's even a nice Epilogue at the end.
What I liked: The ever-present feeling of nostalgia with the characters and the reader. "That's it, this is the last one". I appreciated the Goths being explained (and more importantly why they're angry), but not so much that it became stupid mumbo-jumbo. Duarte waking up was an unexpected surprise, but fits with his character.
I especially liked having Tanaka as a viewpoint - it was hard to get right, and the authors did well. The book still felt like a "last session of a decade-long RPG", and that was wonderful. There's even a point in the book where Amos asks Holden if this was going to be a "one-shot".
Also, "Dogs in Space" need to be more common in SFF. I really liked Amos' character arc where he finds his moral compass again - guess living with Holden has to rub off.
It also evokes the right feeling of "scale" - "this is beyond us - but we have to try anyway", as Elvi would probably put it. It almost felt like a allegory for Climate change to me at times.
The Bad: The book makes a pacing decision to repeat the last part of a scene when dealing with multiple PoVs, and it didn't work well for me, especially towards the end of the book. It's nice to see the same scene from different PoVs, but repeated usage made the pacing feel off.
The Okay: The Ending. There was no way any ending could have worked perfectly here, but I felt that 30/1300 fully baked planets was a bit of a harsh choice.
Fourteen year old Mona is a baker but she is also a not-very-powerful wizard - …
Good: It's a refreshing take on YA Fantasy. I really liked the pacing, and the story structure. The whole idea of it doesn't matter what you can magic, what matters is how creative you can be is so cool as well. The characters were good, and added depth to the story. Aunt Tabitha is a great example of characters that aren't often seen in fiction.
Not so good: The "learning magic" bits were interesting, but the book takes a sharp inorganic turn towards it, which I didn't like. A lot of the conflict in the book also felt a bit forced.
From #1 bestselling author Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson comes the final of three Skyward …
Much better than the remaining Skyward Flight novellas, especially towards the end. Jorgen's internal struggles were well portrayed, and his character arc is just so much nicer (sorry Alanik,FM).
The whole Planet is a spaceship came as a punch from Nowhere (giggles), and while I wasn't a big fan of some of the Kitsen oddities - it was still overall a fun read. I think the most important difference was that: 1. The stakes felt higher, and 2. Failure always felt like an option.
I read the [b:Cytonic|57571215|Cytonic (Skyward, #3)|Brandon Sanderson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1622045953l/57571215.SX50.jpg|67851209] Epilogue after finishing Evershore, since technically it takes place after Evershore, and it felt like a better continuation of the story - it wouldn't have had the same impact as reading it before.
