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So, what are you reading?
Still on The Master and his Emissary. Not much progress.
After @RandomRanger gave such a glowing recommendation last week, I read Theft of Fire. I will also join him in recommending that people read it. I can't say much that he didn't already say, except that it is one of the very few instances where I was primarily interested in the characters, not the plot. The plot is fine, I'm not saying it's bad. But as a man who firmly believes that plot matters more than characters, it says something that the characters in this book are so interesting that they wound up being the most gripping part for me
The only downside is that I'm looking forward to the next book now, and I have a long time to wait (since the book was just released in November). I hope that the author sticks with it, because I definitely want to read more.
Well there's no doubt that he'll write a sequel, he managed to go viral and get his book out of the '99% that no one reads', probably made decent money.
Don't know how I missed that the characters were interesting. I too am in the plot-first camp. On reflection I agree, the plot primarily serves as a vehicle for the human interactions. It's well-integrated which is probably why I just said it was 'gripping' vaguely, without further specifying why.
Yeah, I guess I'm just wary because I've been burned by situations like this before. Also, I might be feeling a bit frustrated becausethey never did fuck , and I want to see that resolved lol. But it was a good read!
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