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Creation Horror Part 2 is HERE
Part 2 released this past Friday the 13th (couldn't resist launching). Part 2 was written immediately after I sent Part 1 off to the editor. The series, or duology if you will, is now complete. Hope you dig it!
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| I'll start by stating that I read this entire series from Nov '25 - May '26. Wrote a review for every book. If you read those, they sum up my mixed feelings about the series' grand finale. In short, at times the storytelling is captivating and focuse ...more | |
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| This book picked up the pace and moved the main characters' journey forward better than the previous two installments. Definitely more structured from a story perspective even though the author adds in unnecessary ancillary characters and banter at " ...more | |
"It's often that books in the middle of a series don't do it for me. They are necessary to make the story throb, just as a stand-alone novel has a strong beginning to strain the tension curve and builds to a climax towards the end, with a number of in"
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"Andrzej Sapkowski's 'Baptism of Fire' is a paradoxical journey through the captivating world of The Witcher series. This novel, which forms a crucial part of the series, showcases Sapkowski's unparalleled skill in world-building and dialogue crafting"
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"I think it was really this one that got me. This was the series instalment where it finally clicked into place and I could delineate a clear answer as to why this whole thing gradually started to suck.
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| For those who are avid readers of fantasy, let's just say Tolkein's pieced together The Silmarillion was magically easier to read (and follow) than this. The arrangement of this installment is chaotic. The Geralt sequences are the cleanest and most i ...more | |
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| This book in the series was structured in a way that put me on a rollercoaster. Meaning, there were chunks that enthralled me...and then completely bored the crap out of me (ex. first 100 pages). As I've mentioned in other reviews of The Witcher seri ...more | |
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| Different story structure that may feel underwhelming to some, yet the fantasy writing style is amazing to behold. This definitely sets the table for the rest of the series; but it does lack that climatic moment even though it immerses one in the Wit ...more | |
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| As another prequel to the main novel set, this one is hit-and-miss compared to The Last Wish. Some of the short stories are riveting with brilliant writing while others are somewhat disjointed and lack focus. Worth reading, but while I flew through T ...more | |
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