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INTHEMIDSTOFLIONS

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Just finished Jurassic Park.

Easily in the top 10 books I've ever read. The 3rd act was completely different than the film adaptation. The book is very dark and very technical, and it honestly feels like the movie did it a disservice.

The Tyrannosaur river chase scene, the Aviary, the Raptors vs Grant scene in the nursery, etc. It was wild. What a wild trip. Especially with the final few chapters for Ian Malcolm and Dr Hammond.

Dr Hammond is a true villain.
 
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I was in the middle of reading the one where they crash a plane into a joint session of Congress when 9/11 happened. I put down the book for like a year. Clancy's stuff back then was pretty good.
 
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When I did my 2nd or 3rd re-read of Gardens of the Moon, I had trouble remembering why it is so disliked. It has problems, sure, but compared to some 80s or 90s Fantasy it is light years ahead. But, I also had the knowledge of everything that comes after and the ride I was gearing up for. New readers don’t have that benefit haha.

Finished Assassin’s Apprentice last night and really enjoyed it. Immediately started Royal Assassin. Everything seems well done. It isn’t blazing fast paced, but goes smooth enough that reading flew by. All the characters are likeable, Fitz is cool and not immediately OP as a main character, and not exactly a male Mary Sue.

The only thing I can’t quite wrap my head around so far are the Red-Raiders. The main section of the book takes place over a year (?) and during this time these Red-Raiders ransack the absolute shit out of this land. I mean every other page is commentary about how more and more villages are destroyed and Forged are showing up. But like… how many villages are there? They gotta be running out at this point, this has been happening for like a decade. And why do villagers just keep living around getting killed and captured. And King Shrewd and Co are like “oh maybe we should finally build some ships?”

I’m sure this is a main plot point for the series, but it came off a little heavy handed in book 1. Fitz’s run in with them didn’t even make them seem impressive.
 
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Kajiimagi

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Nabi said:
This board got me on to asoiaf, sanderson, prince of thorns, and joe abercrombie. But god damn, I cannot get past the first book of malazan.
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I recall reading somewhere that Gardens was written about 10 years before it was released and was written as a 1 of in case it didn't take off. I've read it cover to cover multiple times and can see that, I can also see the quality in SE's writing in the next books. They still stand out as my all time favorite series of fantasy bar none.
 
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