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41
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722
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281
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2023
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Marko’s first review of the year
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Interesting and galaxy-threatening opening is followed by a long and meandering story of city politics, elections and rebellious ideas. It was hard to get through anything from Slvasta's POV, but I did get through the middle parts and the finale was again relatively engaging.
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Marko’s last review of the year
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The penultimate novel in the series continues the story of Aubrey and Maturin, but the atmosphere is - like in many O'Brian's later works - more melancholy. Previously important characters die off with little fanfare, some of them earning barely a mention - possibly reflecting the way O'Brian himself was growing older and people he knew were dying around him.
Much of the adventure is experienced through Maturin's depressed point of view (perhaps ...more
Much of the adventure is experienced through Maturin's depressed point of view (perhaps ...more
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