Oh gawd. So remember when I complained about Dragonflight‘s setting being a caricature of medieval times? This was like a caricature of the horrible setting of Dragonflight. Not only is everything fucking awful, it’s been that way for 1000 years, there are ashfalls – like ash falling from the sky ALL THE TIME, their ruler … Continue reading
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Book review: The Princess Bride
Oh man. You know when you are looking forward to something because you loved something related. Then with inevitable huge, crushing disappointment, you get more and more sad about continuing said thing? Yup. So, anyone within a certain age range would have watched The Princess Bride and most of those people would say that they … Continue reading
Book review: A Spell for Chameleon
I don’t think I’ve ever read anything by Piers Anthony and based on A Spell for Chameleon I don’t think I ever will again. This was the most vile, misogynistic piece of shit disguised as a fantasy novel. It blows Dragonflight out of the water when it comes to the horrible portrayal of women. The … Continue reading
Book review: Dragonflight
Or how to make a book with dragons in it lame Oh my god. Why is this book on the list. WHY. In the land of subjective evaluation, I deem this book terrible. TERRIBLE. Plot: There’s this place and every so often, what seem to be interstellar spores rain from the sky and would devastate … Continue reading
Book review: The Name of the Wind
Or why are fantasy novels so effing long Right this isn’t so much a book review as a book rant. The Name of the Wind follows the story of an ‘arcanist’ in training named Kvothe. He’s the son of a travelling troupe but they get brutally murdered by the Chandrian (Demons? Maybe? Not even sure … Continue reading
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