Book review
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As an avid reader of fantasy and all other sorts of junk, I have seen many strange tales in my life; endless nexus closets, Gods transfigured into turtles,souls trapped in books – you name it! Even my nights are full of freaky visitations like women taking off their faces at a dance, dining in a…
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Blurbs – an essential marketing tool! They provide your very first taste of the story within, enticing you to take another bite – er, figuratively speaking here. Hardbacks taste disappointing, mostly. But they can be made even worse if their blurbs are indoctrinated with stale adjectives, unclear context and enough spoilers to spoil your appetite.…
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A is for Aragorn, B is for Balrog, C is for WHERE IS NOUMENAL CHAPTER 2 BEN?! (While I’m not certain there is any audience at all for Book reviews, I decided it would be a good exercise this morning to help me recuperate from 4 days of intensive assignment work. But fear not –…
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~Ah, Terry Pratchett. How I love thy books~ Terry Pratchett had to be one of my favourite writers of all time, though I only started reading him long after his death in 2014. His approach to characters and fantasy was altogether unorthodox – I’ve never seen such an intimate, funny setting in all my life!…
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…and then poor Trent gets bent at the en(d)t! yes! A spoiler – wodged at the start of my review! But by now, it’s hardly uncommon knowledge. I first found out about Nellie and her sentimental end from a Horrible Histories book – Vile Victorians, to be precise. The victorian public were absolutely wild about…
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Before I start this review, an acknowledgement – special thanks to my brother for spotting this in a store on his way back from a D&D game! Because of him, I didn’t have to pay £20 for this absolute whopper of a writing guide! Also, I acknowledge the fact that this has been posted a…
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If this review were to be depicted as a suitable caricature, it would probably look like this: The behaloed corpse of James Gillray is sitting upright upon his recently erected headstone at picaddilly with bug eyed delight about his mug. Before him, two figures are wrestling to present him with their hardbinded Paeons. A wide…
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