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Preachy

Review from To Fire Called →

A good story ruined by preaching a political word view to excess. Very judgmental and intolerant to the point of damaging any good the author desires. His first book did an excellent job of expressing a tolerant society in a convincing and credible presentation of both characters and story.

awkward writing

Review from Tether →

The writing is downright awkward at times and full of unnecessary weird similes. The storyline is full of “convenient” scenarios – there are plot twists but they are relatively predictable. I hung in there expecting it to get better but it never did. The narration also left something to be desired. This is my first..

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Enjoyable return of fun characters

Review from In Ashes Born →

I didn’t realize that this was another Ishmael Wong series and was initially put off just because I wasn’t expecting that. However, once we settled in, we enjoyed it. Some of the same, compelling characters, and the interesting evolution and progress towards a goal, with lots of side incidents. It’s not jam-packed with action, but..

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Interesting, but somewhat disappointing

Review from To Fire Called →

I enjoyed the continued adventures with characters I like, but the book’s ending (in particular) was somewhat disappointing — a lot of build-up and then it just petered out. I also had a somewhat hard time believing there was so much ‘out there’ that no one knew about. Also, whereas most of the previous books..

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ehhhhhh

Review from A Price Too High →

obvious trope for a filler book I guess. I’m just getting to the end of the series at this point. last two books he keeps changing the rules, and makes poor family choices.