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"I can't take this much longer. 313 pages in and we are still doing character backstories. The actual story in this book is like 90 pages. It's like a D&D adventure where each of the 6 PCs turned in a 60 page completely unnecessary backstory. Six pages each would have sufficed, or heck, just reveal what's important to the story through dialogue not endless flashbacks." — Nov 17, 2025 11:56AM
"I can't take this much longer. 313 pages in and we are still doing character backstories. The actual story in this book is like 90 pages. It's like a D&D adventure where each of the 6 PCs turned in a 60 page completely unnecessary backstory. Six pages each would have sufficed, or heck, just reveal what's important to the story through dialogue not endless flashbacks." — Nov 17, 2025 11:56AM
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"The writing is good, but the story is dull and the protagonist is irritating beyond belief. There is too much polemic here disguised as fiction and not enough adventure story. Narnia comes off as the better work, despite or because of the fact it was aimed at children." — Feb 04, 2025 11:57AM
"The writing is good, but the story is dull and the protagonist is irritating beyond belief. There is too much polemic here disguised as fiction and not enough adventure story. Narnia comes off as the better work, despite or because of the fact it was aimed at children." — Feb 04, 2025 11:57AM
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