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Melissa C (0 KP) rated An Unkindness of Magicians in Books

Jun 1, 2018

An Unkindness of Magicians

Kat Howard | 2017 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.5

(2 Ratings)

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This book was framed very oddly in the way you jumped into the story without any background. This makes roughly half of the book difficult to follow. Once the character and situational background is revealed piece by piece you begin to understand the story. I get that I only truly understood the book over the course of the last chapter.

The story follows a female magician as she tries to find her way in the Unseen World. Along the way she encounters murder, manipulation and betrayal. Will she be able to escape her painful past? Will she survive the challenges ahead of her? Where does she belong?

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Alice (12 KP) rated Godblind (The Godblind Trilogy #1) in Books

Jul 3, 2018

Godblind (The Godblind Trilogy #1)

Anna Stephens | 2017 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

9.0

(2 Ratings)

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Well well well I'm mightily impressed Mrs Stephens. Mightily impressed. Easily up there on top as one of the best debuts I've read this year. Easily.

Great characters and plot work. A even balance between omg how cute (<i>that</i> chapter and holy shit how EVIL!

Evil being the overruling theme of this book with a great set of bad guys and an even greater set of good guys - let the Dancer's Light be upon you s'all I'm sayin'

Godblind had it's own flair for the dramatic and the quick switching between points of view gave the book it's own edge.

Can I have book 2 now?

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Yoshi (40 KP) rated Fairy Bad Day in Books

Oct 29, 2018

First off, I always try to finish what I start, but this book just wasn't worth it. I only got 3/4 of the way through. <s>The LotR fanfiction I found was much more interesting.</s>

Anyways, this book has lots of flaws: Main character is too Mary-Sue-ish and whiny, one of the characters keeps spouting astrology BS every single chapter, too many cliches, and the author does not seem to understand that fey are more than just pixies.

Now, if you want a GOOD book involving fey that takes place in the modern-day, try The Iron King by Julie Kagawa, not this one.

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Roxanne (13 KP) rated How Not to Worry: The Remarkable Truth of How a Small Change Can Help You Stress Less and Enjoy Life More in Books

Nov 14, 2018

What a great book! I highly recommend it to people who struggle with anxiety and worry. I gave this book such a high rating as I was able to relate to it and I very much took to the dry, sarcastic humour of the author, I found myself laughing out loud on several occasions. I liked the activities that were included so you could turn the advice into something more practical to see if it works for you. The 'Hammock Time' was also very good I thought, it allowed self reflection at the end of each chapter. Overall, I was very impressed with this book.

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Practical Acoustic Emission

P. Kalyanasundaram, C.K. Mukhopadhyay, S.V. Subba rao and B. Raj

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"Practical Acoustic Emission" covers the principles, procedures, techniques and applications of one...

Emma (229 KP) rated Lincoln in the Bardo in Books

Jun 28, 2020

Lincoln in the Bardo

George Saunders | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

8.3

(6 Ratings)

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This book was given to me as a christmas present by my brother. When I first started reading it, it took me two attempts of the first chapter to find my flow with the style of writing. As i havent read a book with this writing style before, it's more like a play, or a collection of thoughts by various speakers.
That being said I thoroughly enjoyed it. And found it is the type of book you keep going back to for more. The story flows very well and at times Is so descriptive you feel the anguish Mr Lincoln must have been feeling at the time of losing his son.