Author: Gordon Dahlquist
Pages: 768 (hardcover)
I’ve been meaning to review this for a long time - and having just finished its sequel, The Dark Volume, it seems like as good a time as any to finally get around to it.
Some interesting financial data, to begin with: according to this (and various other stories I’ve read) [...]
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Silent in the Grave
Author: Deanna Raybourn
ISBN: 978-0778324102
Pages (hardcover): 512
A Victorian mystery set in London. The book opens with the death of protagonist Lady Julia Grey’s husband, though the majority of the action comes a year later when she realizes that he may have been murdered: she begins to investigate the matter with the help of possible Love Interest [...]
The Cry of the Icemark
Author: Stuart Hill
ISBN: 0-439-68626-1
Words: 136,500
Basically, in The Cry of the Icemark the thirteen-year-old princess Thirrin Freer Strong-in-the-Arm Lindenshield has to fight back the forces of the Polypontian Empire to defend her home. And there are a lot of different battles to be fought and potential allies to be courted, such as werewolves, the vampire king, [...]
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Eclipse
Author: Stephenie Meyer
ISBN: 978-0316160209
Pages (hardcover): 640
Breaking Dawn is due out on August 2nd, so it’s time to finish up my reviews of the series so far.
Let’s see. What I said about the writing style in my Twilight review is certainly true here as well. It did seem like there is a slightly increased usage [...]
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Sabriel
Author: Garth Nix
ISBN: 0-06-447183-7
Words: 87,400
I like this book quite a lot. I’ve read it twice, and seeing it sitting on my bookshelf, I’m tempted to read it again, even though there are dozens of unread books next to it.
The plot seemed one-dimensional for a lot of the book - it’s like the author is throwing [...]
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Eragon
Author: Christopher Paolini
ISBN: 0-375-82668-8
Pages: 544 (hardcover)
Well, Brisingr’s coming out in September so I thought I might as well do a quick review of Eragon.
Anyone who’s read some of my previous posts will know that I’m not particularly fond of this book, but I did have fun reading it when I bought a copy several years [...]
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Have Mercy on Us All
Author: Fred Vargas
ISBN: 1-84343-154-8
Words: ~101,000
This is a fun mystery book set in Paris - it’s well written, it has good characters (including a modern-day town crier), and it’s really quite funny.
The problem? I liked Seeking Whom He May Devour (by the same author) a whole lot more in every one of those areas, which [...]
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Seeking Whom He May Devour
Author: Fred Vargas
ISBN: 9780743284028
Many of Vargas’ novels involve a myth or legend that comes up in modern times, which seems to be a really effective way of adding to the atmosphere regardless of whether the myth or legend turns out to be real. I’ve seen it done by a number of other authors, and even [...]