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Look… full props to the language, and to the genre defining era in which it was written, etc… but this fails more often than it succeeds.
He wants to write a modern prose fantasy novel… invent such a thing, perhaps… with the feel of Macbeth and the sound of the Iliad. But there’s just not enough here.
DNF at 18%, in the middle of a battle, because I was bored and did not care about the outcome or the lives of the participants. There are brilliant moments in here, but this book is a curiosity and ...more
He wants to write a modern prose fantasy novel… invent such a thing, perhaps… with the feel of Macbeth and the sound of the Iliad. But there’s just not enough here.
DNF at 18%, in the middle of a battle, because I was bored and did not care about the outcome or the lives of the participants. There are brilliant moments in here, but this book is a curiosity and ...more
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Katherine Sas
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Read first three chapters for Mythgard's Roots of the Mountains course.
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Christian
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Absurd.
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