Category: How’s This Book?
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The Hero of Ages: The End of the World and, Worse Yet, the Trilogy
Alright, let’s wrap up the Mistborn trilogy. I want to get into Stormlight Archive 4 as soon as I can! The Mistborn trilogy has certainly been interesting. The first book was an interesting twist on the chosen one plot with a fun heist to add some flavor. The second was an ultra tense siege with…
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Neverwhere: London, But Even Nastier
It has been a while since I last read a Neil Gaiman book. I’ve had this one in my library for a while, but I got distracted by other things. But now that I’m done with… basically everything that’s been in my read list before Stormlight Archive 4, I finally made time for this. Neverwhere…
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The Final Problem: The Only and Totally Real Death of Sherlock Holmes
So, a bit of background about this particular Sherlock Holmes adventure. Originally, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had intended it to be the very final story starring the legendary detective, hence the title. But due to public demand, and his own financial struggles, he ultimately decided to bring him back to life later, thus beginning a…
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Dune: Sci-Fi Before It Was Easy
*Deep breath* Okay. Let’s do this. Out of all the books I’ve read in the last two years, Dune is the one I’ve had the most trouble reading. I first picked it up well over a year ago now and I’ve only just managed to make myself finish it. It was a very strange book…
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Murder By Other Means: Visible Improvement
Back when I first started reviewing books, one of the first I touched on was a little murder mystery called The Dispatcher. I praised it for it’s unique premise but found the actual execution of it to be pretty disappointing. After I wrote that review, I forgot about it, banishing it to the darkest recesses…
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