Following a brief moment of respite in children’s literature, I’ve thrown myself back into the Malazan Book of the Fallen. I thought that having waded through the first three quarters of book one, ‘Gardens of the Moon’, wondering who everyone was, what the hell was happening, and whether or not to bother struggling to the…
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Apologies to all, I’m wa-aaay behind on writing reviews of books I read weeks ago, actually I’m behind on reading books too. My timelines for new recommended reading lists and thoughts about previously read books that I put up shortly after the turn of the year are completely shot as well. Turns out that I’m…
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Some books follow a plot with a trajectory as predictable as an arrow, see ‘Kings of the Wyld’ (this comment isn’t meant to be dismissive, there’s a lot of fun to be had in knowing what’s going to happen but enjoying getting there, They made 1026* episodes of Columbo for exactly this reason). Some books…
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