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Fahim

Fahim

I am (or used to be) an omnivore - I read almost anything as long as the book can retain my attention. My bookshelf has westerns, historicals, romances, classics, horror and a little bit of almost everything else. However, my abiding love is speculative fiction and so the bulk of my books are science fiction and fantasy.
  • Colombo, We, Sri Lanka
  • member since March 22, 2007

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  • Fool Moon
    • Rated 4 stars

    “I didn't much like the TV series but Jim Butcher obviously does a much better job with the books than the TV series did :) There's more cohesiveness to the stories and there aren't all those gaping plot holes or the inconsistencies that were all over the TV show. Unfortunately, the TV series sort of ruined the book for me because I (sort of) knew what was going to happen. Most of the elements from this particular episode on the TV series are there in the book as well. They don't always work out the same way as in the TV show but still, you have enough of a feel of the story to know what's coming ...”

    Fahim wrote this review Tuesday, January 8, 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Forest Mage
    • Rated 3 stars

    “I really didn't enjoy this book as much as I had the first book in the series. Nevare is so whiny, sanctimonious and self-righteous that I spent most of my reading time calling him a stupid idiot :p Again, all kudos to Robin Hobb for writing such a character that you can dislike so much and still want to keep reading about but the only reason I read on most of the time is so that I can rail at Nevare some more. The story dragged a lot and the fact that he kept describing every morsel that he ate in such detail that you could almost have come up with a secondary book of recipes as an addendum to this novel, didn't help much.

    I know that some people describe the ending as satisfying or shocking but I found it to be merely ho-hum. It did tie everything up neatly but by that point, it didn't have much impact for me nor did it mean much to me.”

    Fahim wrote this review Saturday, September 22, 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • Shaman's Crossing
    • Rated 4 stars

    “It was an interesting and absorbing book and the world that Nevare inhabits is intriguing because of it's almost Wild West feel. I didn't really enjoy the character of Nevare that much because he is stuffy, chauvinistic and totally unable to think for himself. However, all kudos to Robin Hobb for writing such a character and making him believable because Nevare is simply a product of his own world.”

    Fahim wrote this review Saturday, September 22, 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • Memories of Ice
    • Rated 5 stars

    “Brilliant continuation to the Malazan saga. The first two novels were good but this actually pulls together all the threads from the first two novels. I'm certain by the end of the book Erikson would have revealed that this is yet another small portion of a yet grander tale.”

    Fahim wrote this review Saturday, September 22, 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • Thud!
    • Rated 4 stars

    “This one is more of the new breed of Pratchett Discworld novels - more insight into humanity and our foibles but less of the spoofing (at least the very obvious stuff). I miss the old movie, book, TV references that used to litter the landscape in a Pratchett book but on the other hand, this is a more thoughtful (and yet enjoyable) read. Highly recommended :)”

    Fahim wrote this review Thursday, March 22, 2007. ( reply | permalink )

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