To me, this is the perfect ending to the best series there ever was. Rowling has made a whole generation into readers with this series, and this is the worthy coronation. It’s beyond competition. There’s so much happening, so many threats, so many climaxes, so much heartbreak and so much love.
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Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (HARRY POTTER #6)
The one about Tommy Riddle’s past. After five books where we only got to know that Voldy is a mad, powerful racist, we finally get to know his road there better.
Review: THE POPPY WAR (THE POPPY WAR #1)
The first part of this one is a bland The Name of the Wind fanfiction. Nothing more.
Review: BEST SERVED COLD (FIRST LAW WORLD #4)
Behold: my first five star-read of 2021. ‚Best Served Cold‘ features an expertly constructed plot from the master of character writing. It’s a wild mixture of The Count of Monte Cristo and Kill Bill, a revenge story par excellence, graced with Abercrombie’s fleshed-out anti-heros: his best book yet.
Review: MALICE (THE FAITHFUL AND THE FALLEN #1) by John Gwynne
Unpopular opinion time once again.
Second read of the year, second highly anticipated series of the year, second disappointment. And this time it’s definitely not a thing of taste: in my opinion, Malice, a book I’ve heard mostly gushing reviews about, is just mediocre. Obvious plot, boring characters, terrible tropes I hate.
Review: A GAME OF THRONES (A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE #1)
An absolutely groundbreaking masterpiece. Its influence on modern fantasy can hardly be overestimated. Amazing twists and characters… and winter is still not here.
Review: JADE CITY (THE GREEN BONE SAGA #1)
A predictable Urban Fantasy in a Hong Kongish setting that reveals what’s gonna come right at the start by its choice of narrators. Technically well-written but without a soul.
Writing: THE COUNTESS OF HABERLUND
Reader, I murdered her.
All the Books I Read Last Year
Best Book of the Year Award: Checkmate
Worst Book of the Year Award: Die Legende von Enyador
Best Surprise of the Year Award: The Final Empire
Worst Disappointment of the Year Award: A Sky Beyond the Storm
Review: THE BEST BOOK OF ALL TIME, ALSO KNOWN AS CHECKMATE (LYMOND CHRONICLES #6)
This is the best book ever written.
It’s the best book I have ever, and will ever, read. I know that in my heart.
It makes me want to turn to all of my five star reads and give them four or even three stars, for this is just unparalleled and incomparable.
It made me cry. It broke my heart and mended it again ten times in every chapter.
If you want a mystery, I recommend you to read this.
If you want an adventure, I recommend you to read this.
If you want a romance, I recommend you to read this.
If you want a book, I recommend you to read this.
