Geschmiedet in Feuer und Magie
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9783442266753 (3442266750)
Publish date: April 12th 2010
Publisher: Blanvalet
Pages no: 608
Edition language: Deutsch
Series: Moshui, the Books of Stone and Water (#1)
This takes place in a fantasy version of China. The characters are templates and overall more types than anything else. I’m not sure if I fully buy the idea of Mei and the Emperor. That said, the world building is awesome and three characters stand out. Jiao, Han, and the dragon. ...
This is a book written by a man for a man's enjoyment. It is full of senseless violence with a plot that is apparently being stretched out to make this into a series.The current emperor is a boy (teenage?) who is a puppet for his mother who really rules. They have been chased out of the city by reb...
I have belonged to the SF Book Club for close to thirty years now and through them have read some of my favorite books - Downbelow Station; the first 5 Chronicles of Amber, aka "the good ones" (IMO); Butterfly and Hellflower; the original Conan stories; The Swordswoman and Consider Phlebas, among ot...
I read the first 40 pages but couldn't get into it at all. The writing style didn't appeal to me, and the characters weren't likeable nor intriguing enough to keep me reading when the plot didn't capture me.