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Angela

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Brandon Sanderson Universes
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My Taste
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
Babel
Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)
A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)
Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)
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The War BeyondFugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)Bloodmarked (Legendborn, #2)

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  • Metal from Heaven
    Angela
    Oct 26, 2025
    2.5
    Enjoyment: 1.5Quality: 2.5Characters: 2.0Plot: 3.0
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    ‷ 2.5✩

    Thanks to the publisher for providing me with this E-ARC via NetGalley.

    Gosh, this was a difficult read. And gosh, I’m kind of disappointed in it.

    The writing style is very hit or miss and also makes or breaks the entire book. And sadly enough, for me it’s a miss. But I can see how people would like it. I just felt like too much went straight over my head.

    The pacing also did not help my enjoyment. The first half feels like a set up for the last bit 50%, of which the last 20% is the weirdest, but (in a weird way) the most enjoyable. The weird pacing made it feel more like a chore.

    I also don’t like a lot of smut and explicit scenes in my books. So I often felt a bit disgusted reading some of the very explicit and kinky scenes/thoughts. Stuff very quickly went from 0 to 100 without it adding much to the character dynamics or story in general.

    All in all, not my thing. But I can see that there would be an audience for this, how specific it might be.

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    I cannot stop imagining the turtles as the turtle from Kung Fu Panda

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    Also why are they eating Lembas bread from Lord of the Rings, why is that thing? It's the exact same as in Lord of the Rings, except they don't keep it wrapped up in leafs

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  • Help me pick a book

    I have a small selection of my tbr with me at the moment but I have no idea which one to pick up first and I need some help choosing!

    • compound fracture
    • the grace of kings
    • the final strife
    • the unbroken
    • scythe
    • immortal longings

    So which one should I read first?

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