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This is “entry-level” Modesitt… Very light on the philosophical stuff, hardly any in the story itself, just the three “excerpts” and the tie-ins at the end about the different meanings of beauty. Good in itself, but not what I’m looking for in SF; I want concepts that really make me think hard, as in his […]

Just great! The only problem is that there are some moments when characters just happen to pop in the right place, at the right time… But I suppose that can’t be avoided; there are so many stories interwoven here that explaining those events as well would make the plot have to slow to a crawl. […]

The praise usually found on the first few pages and the back cover of a book has little to do with the book, it’s just marketing, but for this one I found something I must quote: “In the end, the best recommendation I can give is that if you are sick to death of fantasy, […]

This has to be the worst book by Anne Rice, except of course the “Sleeping Beauty” series, which don’t count as books. I can’t even believe she wrote it! Had to struggle to get through every page and I don’t think I ever considered stopping reading a book after I started as seriously as I […]

This really didn’t catch my attention. I was reading, but my mind kept drifting to other places, until something happened to draw my attention back to the book. Then I’d have to reread the last few paragraphs to realize exactly why did it draw my attention… Probably gave it an extra point because I got […]