Michael

Fantastic addition to the series. Can't wait for the next installment.

A fantastic addition to the series, and I am finally feeling the new POV chapters for Granuaile and Owen. I'm still sad I don't get more Atticus, and am more sad to realize that there is only one more book in this series.

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I enjoyed this book. It was not quite as good as the novelization for Episode III (Which was so much better than the actual film), but did an excellent job.

It followed the movie very closely and didn't extrapolate very deeply into the characters, however it does add some additional context scenes that we don't see in the movie. Most notably, we see some introduction scenes with Leia, and get more context and insight into the resistance, and details about the Hosnian system. We also get the story of how Poe gets off Jakku.

Additionally, the scenes don't play out 100% like they do in the movie, some are better some worse. The best of which provides much better information about my largest story issue within the movie, namely how R2D2 has the remaining map fragments needed to find Luke. It doesn't fix it completely, but goes a long way for fixing the plot issues surrounding that mcguffin.

Very interested fantasy look into imperialism and cultural appropriation and domination.

One of the few books that I could classify as an “economic thriller”

The Warded Man is a fantastic fantasy novel, and an excellent introduction to the world the Brett has crafted that feels similar to our own world, and yet very different. From early in the novel you can feel a strong connection with all of the POV Characters, and get a feeling for the bleakness of the world as it stands.

My only reluctance towards to book is that if feels like the majority of the story is all a prologue for the last 20% of the book. While I am looking forward to reading the other novels in the series, I think I would be less satisfied if I wasn't able to dive into the subsequent volumes immediately.

Fantastic book. Can't wait for the next in the series.

I listened to the audiobook, and the second books was much better than the first. Weeks goes into much greater detail about the characters and the world, and it shows some really strong world building chops. Diving right into the third book.

Very interesting, a great alternative fantasy story with excellent characters.

An excellent Sci-Fi space opera. Not exactly what I was in the mood for, but an excellent story.

An excellent premier for novice and developing GM's. Even for the advanced GM, there are nuggets of wisdom that can be found by reviewing the fundamentals of the craft.

An excellent addition to the series. my only complaint is that there want a lot of progress on the over arching plot.

Great setting. I love what The Strange had to offer as a game.

A good introduction to the series. I look forward to checking it the second book.

An excellent addition the the series, and I love the change if POV to Harbinger. MHI's werewolf mythology is fascinating.

I like these characters and author, but I the heavy Asian theme wasn't my thing. the story was still good, but I look forward to reading the next one, when the characters get back to the inner sea

A good read. I enjoyed the setting and the characters, but it kept reminding me of Warbreaker by Sanderson, which is a book I really enjoyed. Then I would be slightly disappointed when it went its own direction.

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Just reread this book. It was even better the second time, particularly in light of the subsequent books.

I really enjoyed this work. I didn't read cover to cover, but cherry picked the chapters that interested me the most. and that's very refreshing.

An excellent pirate story and an excellent Pathfinder Novel.

Being introduced to Longmire from the TV show. I found the first novel to be similar to what I expected. I had hoped for a little more investigation or procedural police.

I enjoyed this book. As Patrick states in the forward, and in the afterward, and several places on the internet, this book might not be for everyone. However, I think this book is for more people than he realizes.

I had trouble seeing the shape of the story as I was being lead through it. However, the journey was delightful. The path was just clear enough to keep me on it in the moment, but obscure enough that I really couldn't see the path ahead of me, nor the path behind. I think this was both a bug and a feature of this story. It will requires multiple passes to understand the full shape of the story.

I listened to the audio book for this. I am a fan of books read by the author - with my favorite example being the Chronicles of Amber read by Roger Zelazny. The Slow Regard of Silent Things is an excellent example of what the author can do to a story by providing the pace, cadence, and inflection as he intended.

This novel was okay, but I was expecting more of a paranormal focus on this novel. I enjoyed the themes, but this was just more thriller than modern fantasy.

I found the first book in the series to be a little unfulfilling, however the sequel did a great deal to expand the world and develop the main character. I enjoyed it a great deal and found it more enjoyable. Looking forward to the third installment.

This is an excellent addition to the series. Like other commentators I am a big fan of the series, and this story touched me at many points.

I listened to the audio book version, and I was a fine listen. It might have needed another editing pass; having read other Dave Gross books I felt this was sub par. the audio version did a fair amount to make this an enjoyable jaunt in the Iron Kingdoms.

This is currently my favorite IK novel. It is at times sports movie, caper story, and war story. While the majority of the story takes place during war time conditions, I enjoyed how the author often cut to the meat of the drama and action rather, rather than minutia which bogs down many other stories.