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Quick Review: A Calculus of Angels

The ideas are certainly interesting, though I’m not exactly fond of the whole religious note. The writing can occasionally leave a little to be desired, but there are also really nice moments, especially during dialogues. In all, not exactly something I ended up being enthusiastic about, but a good book nevertheless, and one that I’m […]

Quick Review: The Children of Hurin

It has a “magical” feel to it, due to the entire atmosphere, the way the characters talk and to some extent even due to the events that take place, but it seems quite shallow and more a children’s book than Tolkien‘s darkest story, as it is described. If you ignore the ending, at least… Rating: […]

Quick Review: Web of Everywhere

Good enough for a short SF book. Shows that it was meant to be an even shorter story, as it says at the beginning, because it basically only follows a character, with a second added in a couple of places, and gives little detail about the world, but it does its job and sends some […]

Quick Review: The Blood Knight

The story continues, though it may seem a little too fragmented at times. The deeper plot is still very obviously there for anyone who is interested in it and I really want to know how it will all turn out in the end. I must note that the beauty of the world is seriously lessened, […]

Quick Review: Empire of Ivory

The story seems to turn harsher, and humans once again play a major part. There seems to be little enough actual action, which makes this book appear to be more like book one of part two of the series than book four of the series, but the supposed cliffhanger at the end most likely is […]