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The Thousand Names (The Shadow Campaigns, #1)

Django Wexler

Start date: March 8, 2022

Finish date: March 21, 2022

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Feb 17, 2017 Mary ~Ravager of Tomes~ rated it really liked it

Shelves: 4-star, lgbt, year-2020, year-2017

Actual Rating: 4.5 Stars

Wow I loved this!

I think the real strength in The Thousand Names is how incredibly well written it is.

I want to start by explaining the reason I docked half a star.

There were some moments where the in-depth paragraphs of military maneuvers and battles carried on for just a touch longer than necessary. There were some moments where I wished the plot moved just a touch faster.

HOWEVER...

These two small issues hardly detracted from my overall enjoyment. I can tell that this ...more

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Feb 20, 2018 Olivia rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

I'm 100% here for Winter. She's one of the best characters I've come across lately, and I loved her story arc. I will definitely continue this series because of her.

The rest of the book didn't really grip me. I'm not sure if the military aspect of the book was too dominant (which wouldn't be the book's fault, since that's its genre) or if me and Marcus just didn't click. Sadly half the book is about Marcus, and I just couldn't bring myself to care about him or his arc.

The world building is cleve ...more

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Dec 14, 2015 mina rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This book is so awesome, part of Shadow Campaigns series. The series is one of a few where I bought the Book 2 before I even finished the Book 1. This book is that good.

This is my first military fantasy fiction. Meaning, it is a military fiction with a touch of magic in it. I don't really like stories in which magic as one of the solutions for problems, but I like this book since magic is not used much in Book 1. When it is used, it is a little bit of an anticlimax. I feel that the magical part ...more

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