Review: The Year of Our War
The Year of Our War is one of those books that only got picked up by me because it was standing on the fantasy shelf. I knew nothing about it, but as I tend to do with all new books I pick up on impulse I jump in with both feet, because it’s often on such occasions that I find the gold nuggets in a genre more and more populated by stereotype stories and never-ending series. And a gold nugget this is.
Right from the start it’s clear that this is no ordinary book. The world of the Fourlands incorporate elements [...]
Review: The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
It’s always hard to compare the last books in a series to the earlier ones, mostly because it’s in the last ones that all the climatic battles will take place and all the storylines will come to an end. You cannot have a third act without an act one and two, yet the third act will in almost every case be seen as ‘the best part’. That is very much how I feel about The Wheel of Time right now. It has dragged out for eleven books, and when Brandon Sanderson now takes over after the unfortunate death of Robert [...]
Have you an awful book?
Have you an awful book that you are reading? Or is it simply a stinker of a story that you’ve heard about?
Do you want to torture me and get book reviews at the same time? If you have answered yes to any of those, here is your chance to share the pain ladies and gents.
Once a month I am going to throw myself on the literary sword (as opposed to a literal one) and order into the local library, download or otherwise lay my hands on whatever really bad book you choose to inflict upon me. I am sure we can throw up [...]
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