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Middlegame (Alchemical Journeys, #1)
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I hate being proven wrong.
They say practice makes perfect, and it rarely happens to me, so I don't have the experience to be good at it. On the once-every-several-years occasions that it occurs, I will often try to smoothly change the subject in order to subvert having to say the second-most dreaded three words in the English language ("you were right"). That leads to situations where I go from arguing about whether Joe Exotic is still in prison to suddenly saying "have you been following that thing about the guy finding shrimp tails in his Cinnamon Toast Crunch?"
I'm a conversational genius.
Anyway. Unfortunately, it appears hell has frozen over, because I was wrong about one thing: my ability to like adult fantasy novels with a page count over 500.
This was so fun.
It took me FOREVER to get into it. I had to read it in 50-page chunks every 5 days for several weeks before I actually sat down and read the thing, but once I did I didn't put it down.
This is incredibly unique in every way. The character dynamics and development are so wonderful - I felt like I grew to KNOW these characters, more than I can say whether I like or dislike them. The world is cool. Once the pacing gets ahold of itself it's a blast.
Other than the first 40% of this being a crime against humanity, I only have nice things to say. And one of them includes that I, in a miraculously infrequent event, was incorrect.
Bottom line: I liked it!
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pre-review
worth it, ultimately.
review to come / i think 4 stars
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currently-reading updates
at this point i think i'm addicted to picking this up, reading 50 pages, then putting it down for 5 days, somehow repeating this process until the end of time.
round 4!
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tbr review
has hell frozen over? are pigs flying? because i wanna read a 500 page fantasy and i have no idea who i am anymore
They say practice makes perfect, and it rarely happens to me, so I don't have the experience to be good at it. On the once-every-several-years occasions that it occurs, I will often try to smoothly change the subject in order to subvert having to say the second-most dreaded three words in the English language ("you were right"). That leads to situations where I go from arguing about whether Joe Exotic is still in prison to suddenly saying "have you been following that thing about the guy finding shrimp tails in his Cinnamon Toast Crunch?"
I'm a conversational genius.
Anyway. Unfortunately, it appears hell has frozen over, because I was wrong about one thing: my ability to like adult fantasy novels with a page count over 500.
This was so fun.
It took me FOREVER to get into it. I had to read it in 50-page chunks every 5 days for several weeks before I actually sat down and read the thing, but once I did I didn't put it down.
This is incredibly unique in every way. The character dynamics and development are so wonderful - I felt like I grew to KNOW these characters, more than I can say whether I like or dislike them. The world is cool. Once the pacing gets ahold of itself it's a blast.
Other than the first 40% of this being a crime against humanity, I only have nice things to say. And one of them includes that I, in a miraculously infrequent event, was incorrect.
Bottom line: I liked it!
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pre-review
worth it, ultimately.
review to come / i think 4 stars
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currently-reading updates
at this point i think i'm addicted to picking this up, reading 50 pages, then putting it down for 5 days, somehow repeating this process until the end of time.
round 4!
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tbr review
has hell frozen over? are pigs flying? because i wanna read a 500 page fantasy and i have no idea who i am anymore
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December 12, 2019
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Mar 11, 2021 09:44AM
five hundred pages ...... godspeed 😔
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I DNF'd. Maybe I'll try again some time.
go thru the pain to get the gainz. hope your muscles are bulging after picking up this ginormous book! ! !
sara ❀ wrote: "five hundred pages ...... godspeed 😔"i needed it
Audrey wrote: "I DNF'd. Maybe I'll try again some time."it's definitely very weirdly paced
julianna ➹ wrote: "go thru the pain to get the gainz. hope your muscles are bulging after picking up this ginormous book! ! !"it's a hardcover, even!!
ryan lows ( ) wrote: "is this book good ?"well i rated it 4 stars so
Do you have any similar books? I might read it if its like something i've already read.
Aisling wrote: "Do you have any similar books? I might read it if its like something i've already read."for better or worse i haven't read anything like this before
i heard about cinnamon toast shrimp guy. apparently its not the first time. be careful out there
Lol, funny how people are so different. 500 pages does NOT seem like a long book to me. But most of my favorites are in the 700-1000 page range, so my perspective is skewered. I'd gently encourage you to try to replicate this success again sometime. Perhaps with Mistborn? :)
Aisling wrote: "i heard about cinnamon toast shrimp guy. apparently its not the first time. be careful out there"cereal is #canceled
Kyle wrote: "Lol, funny how people are so different. 500 pages does NOT seem like a long book to me. But most of my favorites are in the 700-1000 page range, so my perspective is skewered. I'd gently encourage ..."it's not that 500 pages is disturbingly long to me - it's more that most of my favorite books of the last few years have been short ones. but i will take this into consideration
not neha wrote: "The"yeah
“Other than the first 40% of this being a crime against humanity, I only have nice things to say.” 😂🤣😂
Wal wrote: "“Other than the first 40% of this being a crime against humanity, I only have nice things to say.” 😂🤣😂"😈
Great review! I love being surprised by a book!
Southern Lady Reads wrote: "Great review! I love being surprised by a book!"such a fun feeling!
