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Book reviews and reader log for books categorized as Fantasy

The Wizard of Earthsea

★★★★★
The origin story of sparrowhawk, the greatest wizard of Earthsea. As the young boy learns to be a wizard, his pride and ego causes him to take some mis-steps; and as a young man, he uses his skill and resourcefulness to rectify those mis-steps

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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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