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speaking of slim: dude-whaaaaaaaaaat is with the fatphobia? why is every chubby fuck in the book a repulsive villain or gleeful apparatchik of corruption? well-to be fair-there was this one fat kid who seemed pretty nice and not that disgusting at all, except we didn't get to know him very well on account of (view spoiler) Ĩ. and 'm telling you there's no way she doesn't totally still want the D-fistbump, brah!*ħ. when other characters find out, they're like WAIT WUT IDGI WHAT IS GAY OMG IS LIKE ANCIENT SORCERY? also, The Gay is female, so of course i am exquisitely aware of her lovely, slim, girlish figure and COLD AS ICE demeanor. sorry, it reads like this author thought he was doing somebody a favor. there's a badass gay person in it, but the way they're written. this one scene, a thing one of them had eight years to wonder about didn't even occur to him until right before it became a big ol' plot point.Ħ. all three heroes spent the majority of the story as dumb as cows despite having things explained to them at length by people with a conversational grasp of three millennia of world history, for pages and pages at a time. as a result, i swear i know what every titty in this book looks like.ĥ. also, they're always either hysterical or cold as ice-from princesses to assassins to whores, i shit you not, if they are female, they are either super-upset or frigid-but either way, an aaaaaaawful lot of words go into speculating about their bodies. every woman's body is lavishly described (unlike those bigassed birds). this one's hardly a surprise, given the recent history of the great american doorstopper-but man, what a disappointingly het male gaze.
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how are you gonna write these fucking gigantic, militarized birds that define this particular military order we spend most of the book following, but not properly describe them until, like, 68 percent into the book? (it's the beaky smudge in the misty background of the cover, in case you were wondering.)Ĥ.
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a book this big, they're bound to miss some, but sometimes it was the same hundred-word thing explained in the exact same terms two chapters later because the chapter in between was in a different POV and what if we forget?ģ. like "concrete" used as a metaphor for "solid." as though they have industrial chemical engineering in this universe? (see the thoughtful comments for how i'm wrong and how i'm right for being annoyed about this) but the funniest was "the smart money," like there's a las vegas betting-line in this universe also.Ģ. a book this big, they're bound to miss some, but sometimes it was the same hundred-word thing explained in the exact same terms two chapters la welp.ġ. like "concrete" used as a metaphor for "solid." as though they have industrial chemical engineering in this universe? (see the thoughtful comments for how i'm wrong and how i'm right for being annoyed about this) but the funniest was "the smart money," like there's a las vegas betting-line in this universe also. But will this keep him alive, as long-hidden powers make their move?. When an imperial delegation arrives, he’s learnt enough to perceive evil intent. Here, the Blank God’s disciples teach their harsh ways – which Kaden must master to unlock their ancient powers. And Kaden, heir to an empire, studies in a remote monastery. Court politics can be fatal, but she needs justice. Meanwhile, the Emperor’s daughter, Minister Adare, hunts her father’s murderer in the capital itself. Yet before Valyn can take action, he must survive the mercenaries’ brutal final initiation. He expected a challenge, but after several ‘accidents’ and a dying soldier’s warning, he realizes his life is also in danger. His son Valyn, training for the empire’s deadliest fighting force, hears the news an ocean away. Now his progeny must bury their grief and prepare to unmask a conspiracy. The Emperor has been murdered, leaving the Annurian Empire in turmoil. He expected a challenge, but after several ‘accidents’ an The circle is closing.