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Temporarily DNFing this. I do intend to finish it someday, but right now, it's just not holding my attention.
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This was the second time I tried (and failed) to get through this book. This is doubly amazing; I almost never abandon books, especially not ones that go about dealing with magic in new and interesting ways. But I spent the first hundred pages waiting for the plot to begin, and finally just couldn't make myself go back to it, couldn't make myself care about what was going to happen next. Hearing someone compare Clarke's style to Dickens opened my eyes a little; it may make me a literary plebe, b
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Really only deserves 2 1/2 of my stars
This really could be shortened to 500 pages and you would not have missed a bit of the story. I was disappointed that certain scenes and characters were built up and had absolutely no inkling to the story (if it were a movie those characters would have been cut out so no one had to pay them). And, in the last few chapters several of the characters suddenly acted very uncharacteristic (I speak of the scene between LaSelles and Childemes-sorry if I spelled the ...more
This really could be shortened to 500 pages and you would not have missed a bit of the story. I was disappointed that certain scenes and characters were built up and had absolutely no inkling to the story (if it were a movie those characters would have been cut out so no one had to pay them). And, in the last few chapters several of the characters suddenly acted very uncharacteristic (I speak of the scene between LaSelles and Childemes-sorry if I spelled the ...more
If I could give it negative stars, I would.
The story of two magicians who are destined to bring magic back to England. The first third of this book really drags. The next third picks up in places with Strange finally comign into the story but still pretty slow. The last third was interesting and the plot did get wrapped up but it took way too long to get to that point.
There were parts of this book that I enjoyed but it was so long and dragged out that I just can't say I liked the book. It's definitely well written and well researched but it reads more like a history book than anything else.
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flat, bland, boring, dull, insipid and utterly pointless.
Nov 03, 2007
Vesra (When She Reads)
marked it as to-read
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Nov 09, 2008
Jenn
marked it as to-read
Feb 02, 2011
Abigail
marked it as to-read
Oct 20, 2011
Micha
marked it as to-read
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