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A good fantasy read

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-24-24

An interesting world of spirits and other worldly beings awaits you in this title. Full of strife and fighting against greater powers but with a clear and somewhat frustrating amount to short sightedness from our protagonist. Of course this leaves room for future books that I a may in time read/listen to but don’t feel the burning need to get right away.

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If only life were this simple

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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-24-24

An interesting book and audiobook format. I found it interesting how different narrators would peak different sections. Though I knew few of the speakers their introductions lended greater weight to the overall message of positive thoughts lead to good things. While I am not entirely on board with this thesis it is good reminder to be more mindful and positive thinking in my day to day life.

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Steam Fantasy

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-04-24

Great book! A bit predictable and lacking in seriousness edging toward more teen book status minus the steamy sex scenes. Narration was good but got a little on my nerves during the battle scenes.

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Very good!

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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-02-24

A very good story and fantasy world. Look forward to read or listening to the sequel.

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Just So, So

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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-13-24

This is the only book I have read by Asimov, it is possible I might appreciate it more if I had read his other more well known books. I have seen "I, Robot" with Will Smith which is based on one of Asimov's books by the same name and keeping the theme of that story in mind the conclusion of this book throws some big read flags.

Putting that aside, this book by itself was interesting in the different hypothetical cultures of different peoples in a future where the human population numbers more than can reasonably be counted across some 25 million different worlds. It is narrated by the same narrator as Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged", among many other books, which in conjunction with wording in the book, which seems similar to that of Ayn Rand's books, I expected some interesting philosophical points to be made. On that front, I was disappointed. Despite the books attempts at creating some hype about a fictional hypothetical mathematical model that could be used to predict probable futures I found myself entirely underwhelmed. I was further frustrated by the larger theme of the degradation of a society in part due to the overspecialization of people. He raises this point with select characters but loses it with others which suggests it is not really the cause of the issue though given the points about complexity of creating a model for predicting the future was never going to be the sole reason for the degradation anyways.

Ultimately, I would have liked either more fantasy and world building from this book or more philosophy. Having gotten too little of either I found this book only so so, 3 stars all around.

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A pleasant addition to the series

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 01-14-24

A pleasant addition to the world of alegasia. The dragon voice isn’t my favorite and I could use some more depth as to the personal challenges faced by those who have experienced such horrors.

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An exciting blend of fantasy

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-20-23

If you like: Brandon Sanderson, Brent Weeks, N. K. Jemisin, ect. Then you like this book! Looking forward to a sequel!

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A Fun Addition to the Series

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 05-05-23

I was a big fan of the original trilogy and this latest addition is a fun and worthy continuation to the series. The change in writing style was fun and full of good little snippy jokes mixed in with some near philosophy. It did lead to some confusing moments and I hope the future books will not follow the same style but it was a worthy change that shows Weeks' quality as an author.

I do have some reservations about the story; firstly it has been some time since I read the other books and could have used some better easing in to this latest addition as is common in many series. Without giving anything away, I thought the last chapters that outline one possible rational to the events a very long shot and Vi's failure to see her own manipulation time and again to be very frustrating.

Overall, I greatly enjoyed the book and look forward to future additions, Fingers crossed we are not waiting as long for the next!

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No better than the first

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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-12-23

I enjoyed the first book in this series but had some reservations. I was hoping some of those reservations would be cleared up in this and was disappointed. My greatest reservation is the fact that the main character is near hysteric for the majority of the book. She is the bystander of major events and fails to step up and be apart of them time and time again. Beyond the main characters irritatingly hysteric demeanor there are a few other aspects to the writing that leave me further annoyed but leave it at that.

I enjoy the narration. I find female narrators less common and to be less enjoyable to listen to (personal opinion). She does a great job, so great that the hysterics of the main character felt very hysterical. Take that how you will.
3/5

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Continuation without Building

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 01-18-23

A good book, very similar to the first. While book 2 continues where book 1 left off the plot does not seem to grow which I would have like to see. Still worth the read/listen and will enjoy doing the same with the last book in the trilogy.

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