This is a long and rather rambling epic novel, detailing a complicated civil war in a medieval-like magical setting. As often happens, it involves a young and inexperienced person who discovers growing magical powers. Her development as a person and a witch is intertwined in her involvement with the machinations of the various parties in…
Month: March 2023
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“Coolman and the Evil Drug Lord” by Sam Guydude
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This doesn’t have to be a long review, because the name of the book and the name of the author tell it all. We’re talking a massive takeoff on every superhero movie, video game and graphic novel ever written for teenage guys. Nothing but fighting, sex, destruction, blood and bad language. The action is pretty…
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“Kingdom in Flames Book 1: A Fateful Journey” by Edgars Vlasovs
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This epic novel leans towards a gritty style of Fantasy. We are exposed to the difficulties, small and large, that plagued the lower classes during the real Middle Ages: back-breaking labour, inequity and crude behaviour of all sorts. And war, with all its horror. There is a good swath of battle action in the story,…
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“The Final Season: Planet Gallywood #1” by Andrew Gillsmith
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This story seems to be a takeoff on a Sci-Fi alien-beings fantasy, which rolls along with stereotyped characters and plot and tongue-in-cheek commentary from the author…until suddenly we get the sneaking sensation that it’s all making sense. Under all this frippery there’s a carefully constructed plotline revolving around the personalities of these weird and exaggerated…