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Kris Hutchison

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This one is way too much of a numbers game

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1 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-24-25

Sometimes I say things like “this book is not for everyone” but this one is really for hardcore fans of the genre.
I managed to finish it but it was a bit much for me.

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Interesting beginning

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-04-25

A reasonable fantasy book. A world with wizards, monsters, demons, and prophecy.

A couple of the reviews talked about a boring bit in the middle of the book but I do not understand what part they are talking about.

I am downloading the next book now because I need to find out what happens next.

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Probably his worst book

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1 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 01-30-25

Dean koontz is a very talented writer who has written some great books but this is not one of them.
So many plot holes and poorly thought out sequences.
I recommend people get a different book Dean koontz because I think someone else wrote this and stuck his name on it.

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A book based on a movie based on a book

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Reviewed: 12-15-24

A book based on a movie based on a book that inspired a musical that inspired a movie.

It is not often that a movie is so much better than the book. I really expected the book to make the wicked witch into a more complex and understandable character not into a random crazy person who constantly makes comic book decisions.

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Seems to be a story about a background character that ended up having no impact on the story.

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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-12-24

The ending of the story did not make any sense.

I am not sure why the main character who was supposed to be very intelligent did not to seem to realise that she was not really relevant at all and everything was just going to play out anyway without her anyway.

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Almost good

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3 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-18-24

I liked the characters but I found the world and the logic of the magic extremely flawed.
I can not get into specifics without ruining the story.
The world just does not have consistent logic.
One example I can mention without ruining anything is that characters from books, spoken stories, pure imagination, and internet forums can become real but not characters from movies or television.

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Better than I expected

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3 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-16-24

I know they say not to judge a book by its cover but did not expect much from this book. It looks like one of those books that my aunt used to read when I was a kid.
But it is actually not that bad.
I would have rated it much higher if it wasn’t for the fact that that the main character does a couple of things that have very obvious plot implications and you just have to wait to the book to get around to revealing the “surprise” twist.

Maybe I am wrong and you were always supposed to feel smarter than the main character.
I guess I just do not like stories where you know what is going to happen. Lots of people love stories like this. the titanic was one of the most popular movies of all time even though everyone knew that the ship was going to sink and almost everyone was going to drown.

It is a well written but predictable story.

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Start is a bit dry but gets better

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-07-24

This is another good book in a good series.
At first I thought this was going to be a bit dry and too removed from the personal story of the main character.

But as the book got going it got more and more interesting.
The author did a great job of dealing with the increasing strength of a character without falling into a hole of inconsistent powers that most stories end up in to keep the character challenged.

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Interesting but difficult

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2 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-02-24

The main character is a horrible piece of work that has motivations that make no sense.
The story even comments on she does not understand her own mind but that doesn’t help to fill the hole that a complete lack of depth makes.
It is very difficult to listen to the inner monologue of a 1950s style comic book bad guy.

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Interesting piece of history

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5 out of 5 stars
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Reviewed: 06-20-24

Fantastic book about the early years of game development.
It is a good collection of successes and failures that created ID software and doom.

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