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"Nie wiemy nawet czy oszczepnicy Hannibala używali oszczepów."
In other news, nie wiadomo czy jego flota używała okrętów a konnica koni.

My wife may have enough of me constantly repeating how great this book is.

Damn, this book is weird.

Second person narration? Interesting...

So mind-numbingly boring.

I can see a pattern here:

Book 1
English title: Dissolution
Polish title: Komisarz

Book 2
English title: Dark Fire
Polish title: Alchemik

English title: "Dissolution".
Polish title: "Komisarz".

Did people in Nazi Berlin really go around slapping each other as if they were characters in one of the "Slap Bet" episodes of "How I Met Your Mother"?

This book is sponsored by the word "jowl".
Nazi Berlin: expanding my vocabulary, one jowl at a time.

The undead diviner who speaks in riddles, when asked a question, stops speaking cryptically and starts provided long encyclopedic exposition dumps, with dates, names and origins (even if no one asked for these). A clever way to play with the trope? A clumsy way of providing exposition? You decide!

This book is so depressing that I actually alternate listening to it with listening to a reportage about genocides in Africa to cheer me up.

It's working. ("In our company there is no slavery, just forced, unpaid labour!")

Dear author: "Speaking in icy tone" does not mean the same as "screaming in rage".

Finally we've got plot!

Finally we've got plot!

Still mostly Robin/Matthew/Cormoran drama.

My wife, whom I trust completely, said there will eventually be some plot apart from Robin/Matthew/Cormoran love drama. I can't wait to get to it.

Why does everyone try to rape the protagonist?

Ok, the book is enjoyable enough, but how come the protagonist who is an Agatha Christie and classic whodunnits fan, makes the mistake of saying that in "Mrs Mcginty is dead" the main character is Ms. Marple? Poirot was in that novel!

Why is everyone named Philip so awesome?

She's the only cop in a colony of pacifists.
He's a sentient bamboo.
Together, THEY FIGHT CRIME.

Wait, why didn't I realize that this book is by the guy who wrote the infamous Mass Effect: Deception (you know, the book with a google doc created containing all the mistakes)?! That... explains a lot.

"Miał odrażającą powierzchowność zębatej ropuchy", lol :D (Karol X Gustaw)

Chapter 24: Yes, yes, yes! No, no, NO!

Chapter 21: Oh, come on, Sam! You know Lara is clueless and hopeless! Just tell her you love her and kiss her already!

Lol, there's fanfiction on GR? oo

Huh, so Patty Mattson is the voice actress for Sylvanas in the games.
Did I mention how awesome she is as the lector in this book?

I don't know if the book will be good, but daaaaamn the narrator/lector/VA (Patty Mattson) is amazing.

Why exactly did I choose to read a book set late in WoW (which I've never played) lore (that I don't know), referencing events that I'm not familiar with?

Enjoying it thoroughly, though I'm not sure if the omniscient narrator is half of the chapters was a good idea. Then again, not entirely sure how third person limited/first person would work here as well.