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Book reviews and reader log for Fantasy

It

★★★★★
Arguably the best work by Stephen King. Seven teenagers first stumble upon the horror one summer, and now they are grown-ups who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But none of them can withstand the force that has drawn them back to Derry to face the nightmare without an end, and the evil without a name...

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Sword of Destiny

★★★★★
Another collection of short stories, following the adventures of the collection The Last Wish. Geralt forges ahead, battling monsters, demons and prejudices alike...

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Six of Crows

★★★☆☆
A gambler, a convict, a wayward son, a lost Grisha, a Suli girl who has become a killer, a boy from the Barrel who had become something worse.

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Shadow and Bone

★★★☆☆
First book of a YA fantasy series with excellent and rich world building and complex characters who are not all stark black-and-white.

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Beautiful Creatures

★☆☆☆☆
An unholy mess involving witches & wizards, reincarnation, American civil war, its re-enactment, a teenage romance and the insular mindset of deep south America.

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The Last Wish

★★★★★
A simple way of putting it... a collection of tales about a man hunting monsters for money. But then, this book (and in fact, the whole series) is so much more...

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Cursed

★☆☆☆☆
Another needless, tiresome and convoluted spin on Arthurian legend. On a positive note, the book had some lovely illustrations by the always excellent Frank Miller

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Last Argument of Kings

★★★★★
Final installment of the "First Law" trilogy. A worthy finale which highlights all the shades of grey...

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Before They Are Hanged

★★★☆☆
Sequel to "The Blade Itself", there are three POVs again; a road trip led by a Wizard, a colonel struggling against a huge foe and an inquisitor fighting traitors and conspirators

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The Blade Itself

★★★★★
Dark and gritty grimdark fantasy novel that doesn't rely on typical fantasy clichés

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The Broken Earth Trilogy

★★★★★
A series so well written, that each book in the trilogy won a Hugo award. The final book also won the Nebula award.

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The Palace of Illusions

★★★★☆
Inside the mind of the fire-born one

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Coraline

★★★★★
The brave girl beats the bedlam

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