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I enjoyed the overall plot of this book. Pirate adventures at sea. Crazy remade people merged with animals and other forms of life and legends of myaterious power.

The characters and story flow kept this at 3 stars for me but TBH the ending was a let down. The crew of the pirate city never actually got the Scar, so much build up only to be forced to turn around and never get there at the end.

Not much else to say

This is my 1st read by this author Ava Reid and as I understand this is her debut novel

Inspired by jewish and germanic folklore and religion even pulling from some old testament biblical stories this is enemies to lovers trope

A Girl with no magic is taken from her village by woodsman thinking she has magic so that their king can harness her power for himself. Through shared trial battling monsters and navigating kingdom politics they must fight for survival and earn each others repsect.

Overall I really enjoyed this read. fusing folklore wtih biblical stories monster haunted forests. Evike our main character was one i really found myself cheering for as she struggles to accept her own feelings for the woodsman who takes her vs her peoples long held mistrust and hate for them.

Her own trauma is a source of strength for her as she fights the monsters both at the kings court and the haunted forest where the trees walk and sacred beasts roam with mystical powers

good read for the those that like fantasy based in folklegen and lore i really enjoyed this one

I have read a few classics now and they all seem to be hit or miss for me. Writing styles from the time period 100+yrs ago often feel dry and boring even if the overall story and plot are entertaining reads.

Oliver Twist is one of those that has a good story and at times good writing but the style can still be a bit dry reading at times. However there are also moment of humor.

Going in I knew that Oliver Twist was a orphan boy and had the view that he was a petty thieft and troublesome kid who got himself into trouble via his own choices, but after reading the the book my perspective has changed. While he did find himself in trouble its not that he was a problem child but that trouble found him. Oliver is a kind hearted kid who does not want to be a part of the life he has foundhimself caught up. He is desperate for a loving home and does not want to be invovled in the dark side of victorian englands criminal element

Overall a good enjoyable read, would have rated it higher but the hit and miss writing style were the drawbacks. Ie one character regulary referred to as "the jew" while I get part of the culture of the time did not really like that as a way to describe him, especially considering "the jew" is one of the villians. as well as many of the characters did not have alot of development and thus were characters I did not care much for.

Overall however a good read if not great or perfect

Quiet a while ago I watched the move based on this book. I can say this book is very different than the movie.

In this book is where we get Assimovs famous 3 laws of robotics and is the start of Assivmoves foundation univerise. Each chapter reads like a short story and chronicles the Evolution of Robots and AI to their eventual domination of humanity. From the start of "dumb robots" who can't speak but just do as programmed to the humanoid AI advance robot who manuevers themselves into positions of power over all of our affairs

This was a good read and I would reccommend it to anyone as a classic of science ficiton

Too long but good.

Lots happening. Gods. War, burning cities and overall alot happenning but also a long read. At times struggled to keep my attention but overall enjoyed the read

This is the 1st Neal Asher book I have read and am glad its a stand alone, which works better a intro to his works.

Weaponized is a scifi story with big ideas. Those big ideas are however nothing new or orginal which is why I did not rate it higher. memory wipes, genetic engineering, AI controlling society, human augmentation etc... nothing that has not been explored in scifi before.

That being said it does exlpore the question of at what point do we cease to be human. When does Genetic engineer and bio tech augmentation cross the line into something beyond or not human any more. Certainly a good question and one that I beleive philosphers will struggle with for yrs to come.

Ursula is our main character who struggles with that exact question as she leads a colony in a fight for survival against 2 enemies determine to destroy her and end her mission.

I dont have alot to say but I did enjoy the book, the ideas and the characters were ok, I didnt feel much in the way of connection with the characters as it was more the plot that kept me reading and I enjoyed it enough that I will probably check out more of Neal Ashers books in his polity universe or otherwise.