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Kill Billionaire: A Story of Fighting Back Against the System
A superb fairytale of modern life, the classist, leeches of society, and bastardisation of wealth that is propagated by the rich and ruling class; billionaires.
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Exploring the World of The Mistral by Felix Mosse
Imagine a melting pot of; Mistborn Era 1, Words of Radiance, Godkiller, and more. That’s right, you’ve got The Mistral.
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Exploring Friendship in ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’
Everyone is such a dick and so self entitled. I guess its a good representation of real life.
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The Blacktongue Thief: A DnD-Inspired Fantasy Review
If you play Dungeons And Dragons, or love the stylistic world of TTRPGs and fantasy worlds in all their glory, The Blacktongue Thief will be a story you can jump into and thoroughly enjoy.
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Pierce Brown’s Light Bringer: Emotional Rollercoaster Ahead
Light Bringer (Red Rising 6)Author: Pierce Brown God fucking damn it Pierce. Light Bringer, the penultimate book in the Red Rising saga truly does not take it easy on the reader. It holds no punches, and cares little for your emotional wellbeing or attachment. It wants to hurt you. We’re approaching the culmination of Darrow’s…
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Malice by John Gwynne: A Captivating Fantasy Debut
Malice is one of the best fantasy books I’ve read in a long time. Utterly captivating from beginning to end. Action packed, lore fuelled, and exhilarating.
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Dark Age: A harrowing but exemplary character-driven fifth entry in the Red Rising series
There were numerous occasions when I was stood open mouthed in the gym listening to what was happening, aghast with pure incredulity.
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Elliptical Billiard Balls: A Hilarious Take on Corporate Absurdity
Author: Neil Rackham Book: Elliptical Billiard Balls Like LinkedIn got possessed by the AI from Dungeon Crawler Carl. Elliptical Billiard Balls is a funny collection of 11 short science fiction stories. Usually with a compendium of short stories, you have the weak ones propped up by the few strong ones, that you just have to…
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The Left Hand Of Darkness: A Bold view of sexuality, but narratively flawed
The Left Hand of Darkness Author: Ursula K Le Guin I’ve got a lot to say about this one so buckle up. Ursula K Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness is heralded as one of the most iconic sci-fi stories, which won her a Hugo Award amongst a myriad of others, mainly due to…
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The Book of Fallen Leaves: A Truly Epic Fantasy
Book: The Book of Fallen LeavesAuthor: A. S. Tamaki Firstly, thank you to Orbit Books and the author, Alex Tamaki for trusting me with an ARC of The Book of Fallen Leaves, in exchange for an honest, un-biased review. The Book of Fallen Leaves is an epic, east-Asian fantasy, filled to the brim with adventure,…
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The Beauty and Complexity of ‘This Is How You Lose the Time War’
Title: This Is How You Lose the Time WarAuthor: Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone This is How You Lose the Time War is poetry. The prose and writing is beautiful and flows like a river. But with the beauty of the prose, we have a sacrifice of sense and story. A story of love and war…
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Why Addie LaRue Failed to Captivate Me
Book: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRueAuthor: V. E. Schwab Oh Addie. You’ve lived so many lifetimes. Yet, you’re such a bore. I don’t understand it. This was one of the top ten Goodreads books in their recent most impactful books list, the ratings are magnificent, influencers and people who’ve read it wax lyrical about…
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Exploring Babel: Language’s Power in Dark Academia
Book: BabelAuthor: R F Kuang Really enjoyed that. I had a lot of people tell me that they didn’t like this. But in contrast I had a lot of people tell me they loved it and I needed to read it asap. Needless to say, I had put off reading Babel for a long while as I…
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City Watch Series: Why ‘Feet of Clay’ Stands Out
Book: Feet of ClayAuthor: Terry Pratchett I think this is perhaps my favourite Discworld so far. This is the third entry in the City Watch series, and my 11th (?) Discworld since I started properly reading again. I think my favourite thing about the Watch series are the characters. Knobs, Vimes, Carrot, Colon, Vetenari, Cheery,…
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Blood Over Bright Haven: A Must-Read Fantasy Novel
Book: Blood Over Bright HavenAuthor: M. L. Wang She’s done it again. I was so worried that Sword of Kaigen would be a standalone feat of fantasy greatness. There was nothing to worry about. Blood Over Bright Haven was sublime. M L Wang writes the oppressed female perspective with such care, focus and attention. Blood…
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Alan Moore’s The Great When: Complex to a fault
Book: The Great WhenAuthor: Alan Moore Firstly – thanks to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Where do I begin with The Great When? I cannot avoid talking about Moore’s writing style. Or the narrator’s choice of words. So often, nonsensical metaphors and similes detract so much from the story and goings-on, that…
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