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Genevieve Book Review

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  Author: Jack Yeovil (Kim Newman) Pages: 2,289 Hard Core Scale: 3/4 Normal Scale: 7.5/10 Publish Date:1989 About: Genevieve is a vampire who joins Prince Oswald on a quest to kill the vile sorcerer Drachenfels. In a desperate fight, the fiend in slain. The past though catches up as a play write is asked to write a play of the even years later and seeks to interview her and changing her life forever. One of the oldest written Warhammer fantasy novels. Review:   This is an odd book. Difficult to review. What is on the back of the book summary is correct and not correct. A maddened writer which I dig. Style is mostly solid. Though gets stuck in world tell blocks of people and place or reflective tangents. Also sometimes inverts tags, but does not do this later on. I loved a lot of this work and was confused about some of it, and despised the largest section of it “Beasts in Velvet.” I guess I will treat it in parts and let the strongest parts hold the torch. The fir...
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Chronicle of Lies: Part 1: The Dark Sculptor Review

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  Book:   Chronicle of Lies: Part 1: The Dark Sculptor Author: Abraham Carson Pages: 782 Hard Core Scale: 2.5/4 Normal Scale:   8/10 Publish Date: 2024 About:   A schizophrenic awakes after a car crash in a body and world not his own.   Between the voices and the dragon like body what is ultimately real? And can Vincent get out of this with his sanity intact or without comprising his true self? Review: In all honesty I am on the fence about this work. Perhaps being more jaded with age. A debated prologue needing a more further edit with its repeat structure. Small stuff like numbers and some bad tell moments early on. A chapter also has uneededed page breaks. These get swept away as Carson takes his stride.   Most of the work is a fine solid style. The alien world fun and engaging. His world design top notch. A living world is a fun world and a goal for any writer. Its story what I find fickle.   There is a split in the mental capacity that a...
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Anima the Broken Wing Review

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  Book: Anima the Broken Wing Author: Eric Malves Pages: 230 Hard Core Scale: 2.5/4     Normal Scale:8/10 Publish Date: 2024 About: Lyall has spent the last two years transformed as a hawk. After an accident he is taken into a wildlife rehabilitation clinic. Review” Growing a lot and learning the editing and flow game. A power house of story and the animal and TF. A rough tell beginning and sections still needing sharpening up. A potent power house of anthropomorphism and post TF. Fine stuff and a writer willing to do the hard growing work. Again, superb ending. Malves has proven themselves to be a excellent storyteller of anthropomorphic writing.                                                                               ...
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