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Tag Archives: High Fantasy
Book Review: The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu
I finished the first book of this series on something of a fence. It was perfectly fine, but it rang too much as a classic Chinese/Japanese tale where the background usurped the characters in the novel. This was largely because … Continue reading
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Tagged Epic Fantasy, fantasy, High Fantasy, imperialism, invasion, Ken Liu, Sequel, series, Silkpunk, The Dandelion Dynasty, The Wall of Storms
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Book Review: The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
This is a book about war. There are people, too many people in fact, but only four or five of them feel like they stand through the cardboard test of character. The world is well-worn, colored and sunbaked as it … Continue reading
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Tagged Empire, Epic, Epic Fantasy, fantasy, gods, High Fantasy, Ken Liu, series, Silkpunk, The Grace of Kings, war, YA, young adult
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