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Fury's Fate
Shaelynn Long
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I am getting more and more disappointed with this book. The first paragraph really grabbed my attention, I thought: finally a really well written fantasy book, the prose seemed so promising. But it just got worse... Not to say it's bad, I'd say it's decent, but the dialogues just are just so flat and lifeless. Also, I was lead to believe this was the first book in a series, but there are soooo many references to stuff happening before the plot of this book I feel like I started reading the series in the middle. Aside from the plot itself, there don't seem to be any established rules about how magic works in this world? And if there are no rules, then EVERYTHING is possible, yet Fatma seems to be surprised by some things, so I guess not everything is possible? Lastly, Fatma must be just the worst detective (sorry, agent), in the history of crime fighting, just jumping to conclusions every chance she gets. I'm really struggling to keep reading but I am determined to finish.
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I am getting more and more disappointed with this book. The first paragraph really grabbed my attention, I thought: finally a really well written fantasy book, the prose seemed so promising. But it just got worse... Not to say it's bad, I'd say it's decent, but the dialogues just are just so flat and lifeless. Also, I was lead to believe this was the first book in a series, but there are soooo many references to stuff happening before the plot of this book I feel like I started reading the series in the middle. Aside from the plot itself, there don't seem to be any established rules about how magic works in this world? And if there are no rules, then EVERYTHING is possible, yet Fatma seems to be surprised by some things, so I guess not everything is possible? Lastly, Fatma must be just the worst detective (sorry, agent), in the history of crime fighting, just jumping to conclusions every chance she gets. I'm really struggling to keep reading but I am determined to finish.
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Nie ma tego Złego (Drużyna do zadań specjalnych, #1)
Marcin Mortka
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"...chciałam zaraz usiąść do pisania tekstu, który byłby jak worek" - ten cytat najlepiej podsumowuje książkę. Worek pełen upchanych bez składu i ładu anegdot, faktów naukowych i pseudofilozoficzych przemyśleń.
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Rozchwiane kanarki
Judith Schalansky
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Rozchwiane kanarki
Judith Schalansky
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Pleasant and heartwarming. Reminds me of Lessons in Chemistry.
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The Housekeeper and the Professor
Yōko Ogawa
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“Fourteen Days” is an orgy of representation - says the review in NY Times and I think it sums up the book pretty well. This 'novellus' written by 36 authors reads reasonably well and is certainly an interesting experiment, but not much more than that.
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Czternaście nocy
Margaret Atwood
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A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
P. Djèlí Clark