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The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
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Pretty surprising. I had no idea what was I getting into, but certainly did not expect this.
The beginning wasn't really thrilling: guys just meets girl and opens his entire life (and of his friend's) in a matter of seconds followed by some chapters that felt like total non-sense.
But this was totally intentional and when you progress through the story you will understand why. I initially couldn't believe the direction it took but it really worked.
A clever satire of the genre and some amusing four ...more
The beginning wasn't really thrilling: guys just meets girl and opens his entire life (and of his friend's) in a matter of seconds followed by some chapters that felt like total non-sense.
But this was totally intentional and when you progress through the story you will understand why. I initially couldn't believe the direction it took but it really worked.
A clever satire of the genre and some amusing four ...more

A premissa é divertidíssima, mas perde fôlego na segunda metade do livro. Se vc não está familiarizado com a metáfora "camisa vermelha", vai aproveitar bem mais o livro ao descobrir do que se trata, junto com os personagens do livro, imagiando que diabos está se passando na Intrepid.
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Jun 05, 2017
Thiago
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Uma comédia de ficção científica.
Gosto é gosto ... Prefiro SciFi séria, ao invés de comédia. É muito bem escrita, tem enredo, um mistério a respeito da alta taxa de mortalidade dos que são enviados para missões externas, mas ... parei de ler quando ...
[SPOILER]
Os personagens principais engendram a teoria de eles são na realidade personagens de um seriado televiso à la Star Trek ...
Gosto é gosto ... Prefiro SciFi séria, ao invés de comédia. É muito bem escrita, tem enredo, um mistério a respeito da alta taxa de mortalidade dos que são enviados para missões externas, mas ... parei de ler quando ...
[SPOILER]
Os personagens principais engendram a teoria de eles são na realidade personagens de um seriado televiso à la Star Trek ...

It was a nice, funny, fluid read. But the theme is not the most imaginative.

Jan 31, 2013
Isaac
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