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genuinely was gonna drop this book because it was too rushed… im not fond of time jumps and important events get summarized or stated in one single sentence (how this one character suddenly becomes an amazing bandit leader 🤨 from a purposeless worker, battles, etc.) BUT so many of u guys love it and apparently this is just development for a huge payoff sooo
— Sep 12, 2025 01:22PM
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i don’t know how i thought i would be able to take a break reading this series and remember everything when continuing… hello reread!
— 6 hours, 15 min ago
iayal
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wow those two chapters on kikomi… that’s how u write a woman without pandering to stereotypes while simultaneously being aware of them and how they can be subverted with just her thoughts to write a complex character
— Sep 19, 2025 11:44AM
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the first book is entirely set up and definitely reads like a history textbook most of the time, but in the next books the characters are so much more developed and the plot gets super expansive and intricate! iirc this series has some of the most interesting characters i've encountered. also sorry to talk about the last book when ur only on the first but the ending is so cool and i'm alr excited to see ur thoughts on it!
Grace wrote: "It almost makes me wonder if the author just needed to start the book in a different spot, like timeline-wise. Almost as if he needed to get through the backstory, and then once it gets to where th..."tyy!! hoping for the best and im excited about these characters now!
tiffany wrote: "the first book is entirely set up and definitely reads like a history textbook most of the time, but in the next books the characters are so much more developed and the plot gets super expansive an..."noo dw, u talking about the last book makes me very excited to continue! and ahh, i see. ill hopefully end up liking this book by the end then. AND TYYY, hopefully i can cook up some eloquent thoughts 💔💔
okay, so i love asoiaf and even though the stuff in fire and blood was interesting, i wasnt that immersed because i didnt care about the characters that much and like u said, the history book aspect of it didnt move me that much 😭😭 im really happy it slows down and settles in then... it was looking really good in the beginning and then there were fifty million time jumps and events crammed