Gareth Otton
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After a half decade wait, we're finally back with another book in the Dresden Files. The question of course is, was it worth the wait? For this reader the answer is yes, but I would completely understand how some people might have some issues with th ...more |
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There's no depth to be found in this story. The characters are one-dimensional, the world-building is almost non-existent, and the plot reads like a list of events rather than a cohesive narrative. Right from the opening scene, we have our protagonis ...more |
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| Just before reading this book, I read Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm by Jeremy Clarkson. That book was nothing more than a collection of articles that were basically slightly more fleshed-out anecdotes taken from the TV show that fans of the show h ...more | |
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This book reads like what it is, a collection of articles... not a book. Even in non-fiction books, I hope for some kind of overarching narrative to draw me in, and at least a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end of some kind. You don't get ...more |
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| I forget who it was on the podcast who said it, but it was on an episode of "Writing Excuses" where I heard that there were only two ways to finish a story; either leave the reader wanting more, or wishing that the story had finished sooner as it has ...more | |
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| Addiction as a topic is one that I often shy away from reading about. There is a level of self-destruction inherent in stories of addiction that makes me uncomfortable (no doubt because I am a little too prone to self-destructive habits myself). So, ...more | |
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| This story needs to end ASAP. I would be happy to see future novels about Lark that once more follows his journey to regaining his Arch Magus status and potentially moving beyond that, but this series hasn't been that for a long time now and is suffe ...more | |
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| Wonderfully ridiculous and random, this story somehow manages to creep past the normal levels of disbelief I hold even for an obviously outrageous book and delivers a story that kept me both enthralled and giggling right up until the very last page. ...more | |
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| I picked up this book after my interest in basketball was rekindled after a long hiatus over the last few years. After diving deep into the modern game, I have started going back to the era that got me interested in basketball in the first place and ...more | |
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