Michael

This was a hard read. Many of the examples within were known to me (or weren't surprising). But as the author implies, it's hard to look into this mirror and see your flaws, and how those flaws feed into the system that negatively affects others.
Keep being aware. Keep learning. Keep trying to grow.

Good, but what a cliffhanger

Pretty solid Murder Mystery Sci-Fi.

This book was fantastic. Just enough twists on classic fantasy tropes to be fresh and quite a lot of self-awareness to make it truly enjoyable.

If you want a fantasy novel in which the adventuring party is a thinly veiled stand-in for an 80's music group, look no further.

This was a fantastic weird west story.

And now I really want to play Deadlands...

The book was beautifully written, and the story that unfolded was well crafted. However, this wasn't a book for me.

It started slow. However, once it became clear that the PoV chapters were happening at different times in the timeline, the book came into its own and was fantastic. A series I'll continue listening to.

I love this series, great characters smart writing, and all the genre mashups.

This book covers a lot and is full of critical and foundational information for role players of all types and experience levels.

A lot of things I read here have been covered in other disparate places, however, it is compiled and condensed into this one very functional book.

I encourage anyone who loves role-playing to read this book. I will be gifting this to many folks I know.

Zoo Day is the best story in the collection.

A very light, fun read. Very much in the vein of John Scalzi genre aware science fiction.

This was a hard book to get through. However, it was worth the effort.

Excellent Reread

The third book of the Gentlemen Bastards did not disappoint.

Unlike the previous two books, this actually has two simultaneous interwoven plot threads running through the entire novel. This does an excellent job of highlighting the characterization between Locke and Sabetha (finally introduced to us in this volume). Both stories are interesting, different, and full of wonderful characterization and development.

My only complaint is that both stories left me wanting more. The stories were well executed, and resolved satisfactorily; however was left feeling as if I had missed some of the detail and scenery of the previous two novels.

Fantastic! Great Technological Storytelling and comedy.

Preface: I've read 90+% of the Star Wars Legends books.

Star Wars: Bloodlines is by far the best book I've read from the new Star Wars continuity. It pulls the right strings for Space Opera, has a healthy blend of influence from the original trilogy as well as the Legends material.

I like how this book portrays Leia. It gives her a proper badass vibe, as both a powerful political figure as well as a war hero.

After digging into the 3rd Edition book, I think I'm a fan.

Combat resolution is interesting and more straightforward (mostly). Requires two dice rolls to resolve most actions, but the Initiative Dueling system feels like it will be good at the table.

They take enough queues from Chronicles of Darkness to make advancement much less agonizing. The fact that every 50 XP characters just get more Essence is a huge improvement, and points costs look like they will grant satisfying advancement. They make specific call outs to how merits should be handled in play, and which ones are the purview of the GM to administer and which ones characters are responsible for acquiring.

Their social system is way easier to understand than the social combat from the previous edition, also likely taking some inspiration from Chronicles of Darkness' Social Maneuvering System. Reducing intimacies to simple ratings makes that system feel a lot more manageable.

In general, I like the updates and expansion they have made to the setting; in particular, I like the Exigents and Liminal Exalted types.

I really like how they have updated Sorcery. That was always one of the cool promises of the Exalted setting that never lived up in practice.

The stunt system feels easier to grasp and the mechanical rewards feel more substantial.

Now, to wait for more material for the updated system...

It was strange reading a sequel that had very little to do (character wise) with the first book. But after the initial jarring expectation, the book was every bit as good as the first. It was a sweet tale about beings figuring out who they were, and who they wanted to be.

I enjoyed this book. Excellent blend of mythic cultures in a late 19th century setting.

I am a huge fan of the Commonwealth books, and this is a fantastic addition.

Fantastic book. Looking forward to other books in this series.

Good legacy addition to the series. Sad there will not be more of these.

A fantastic adaptation of the Eclipse Phase system and setting into Fate Core. Can't wait to play it!

I've been reading (listening to) this off and on for over a year, this mooring I finally fished all the Arthur Conan Doyle works on Sherlock Holmes.

I love Sci Fi that includes some theology.