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Albion #2
The World
Rehan, a singer with more lives than a cat, has found favor in the eyes ofAlyss, a demigoddess. As his mentor, she plans to use Rehan to maintain Earths position in the universe. While in the seven chambers that are Rehans mind, Alyss must defeat Syor, who has been searching the afterlife for her. Using Rehan as a vessel, Alyss must maintain the balance of power within the universe or see it destroyed by evil.
- GenresFantasy
384 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1992
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December 31, 2021
I really wanted to like this but it's not for me.
The first chapter starts in a cliche fashion: Kursten is a beautiful girl in an inn run by her father, acknowledged to be a neutral area. A singer comes in and she's drawn to him. Kursten is kidnapped by monsters (ffarg); in a cliche feat, he manages to kill the monsters and rescue her, bringing her triumphantly back to her home.
Upon her return, we learn that her kidnapping was orchestrated by someone. The singer is drugged on an addictive substance, Kursten's father is killed, and Kursten forced into sex trafficking (i.e. a prostitute).
Like seriously, WTF was that?
The second chapter is no less depressing.
What goes in favour of this book is the writing. The writing is pretty, there are interesting elements (like the Painter). But I couldn't get past how gruesome some parts of the book was even though the violence is not that explicit.
1.5/5 stars
The first chapter starts in a cliche fashion: Kursten is a beautiful girl in an inn run by her father, acknowledged to be a neutral area. A singer comes in and she's drawn to him. Kursten is kidnapped by monsters (ffarg); in a cliche feat, he manages to kill the monsters and rescue her, bringing her triumphantly back to her home.
Upon her return, we learn that her kidnapping was orchestrated by someone. The singer is drugged on an addictive substance, Kursten's father is killed, and Kursten forced into sex trafficking (i.e. a prostitute).
Like seriously, WTF was that?
The second chapter is no less depressing.
What goes in favour of this book is the writing. The writing is pretty, there are interesting elements (like the Painter). But I couldn't get past how gruesome some parts of the book was even though the violence is not that explicit.
1.5/5 stars
December 21, 2019
This at first seemed like your average cliché fantasy book but took a complete left turn when the 'hero' fails miserably at his first challenge. From there on it turned into a semi-philosophical journey between a fantasy world, our own, and a seven-layered castle of bizarre scenes in one character's mind. As the story progresses the worlds increasingly collide and unravel.
I wasn't sure what to make of a lot of it, but it was a fun ride that gave me a lot to think about, and definitely a unique and creative approach to a genre usually riddled with tired old clichés.
I wasn't sure what to make of a lot of it, but it was a fun ride that gave me a lot to think about, and definitely a unique and creative approach to a genre usually riddled with tired old clichés.
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February 5, 2024Kidnapped
sea and mounten
yallow color paint wide
over that dark castil
addicated singer fly near
the monister walk to hill
but painter paint face
like the dust home
and green element
but still the photo not end
many want to learn
from many villige near
glory gathering to see new color
and listin to sweet bird
it silint voice
tell
the world
sea and mounten
yallow color paint wide
over that dark castil
addicated singer fly near
the monister walk to hill
but painter paint face
like the dust home
and green element
but still the photo not end
many want to learn
from many villige near
glory gathering to see new color
and listin to sweet bird
it silint voice
tell
the world
Did Not Finish
March 26, 2026DNF: I lost interest about 150 pages in.
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