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carolesrandomlife
carolesrandomlife rated it 8 years ago
This review can also be found at Carole's Random Life in Books.This was one impressive read! I read the first book in this series, City of Stairs, a few months ago and really enjoyed it so I was really excited to finally get around to reading the second book in the series, City of Blades. A lot of t...
IntheZone
IntheZone rated it 8 years ago
Review forthcoming
carolesrandomlife
carolesrandomlife rated it 8 years ago
This review can also be found at Carole's Random Life.I really enjoyed this book overall. I decided to read this book because I have seen so many glowing reviews for it. Since everyone seemed to think that this is a great book and I like great books, I grabbed a copy and jumped in. I will say tha...
A Man With An Agenda
A Man With An Agenda rated it 9 years ago
Taking place some five years after the events of 'City of Stairs', affairs on the continent have not improved, and Shara's tenure as Prime Minister has not been the success that she had hoped for.General Mulaghesh is pulled from a self-imposed retirement to investigate the disappearance of an agent ...
traciloudin
traciloudin rated it 9 years ago
In a way, this book is post-apocalyptic. What happens if you kill the gods whose essence suffuses the land and buildings themselves? For me, this book was a bit too long. At its heart, it's a murder mystery. Yet as time goes on, the book becomes less concerned with the identity of the murderer, and ...
Tannat
Tannat rated it 9 years ago
I’m still debating whether to give this book 3.5 or 4 stars, so the rating may change. This world is definitely a fantasy one, but its inhabitants may live with more technology than you see with a typical sword-and-sorcery fantasy. I also wouldn't call it urban fantasy. It’s an industrial settin...
Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it 9 years ago
Now that's an interesting world and an interesting treatment of gods and their powers.
Book Haunt
Book Haunt rated it 9 years ago
City of Blades takes up five years after the Battle of Bulikov which took place in City of Stairs. General Turyin Mulaghesh is being forced out of early retirement. In order to collect her full pension, Prime Minister Shara Komayd will require Mulaghesh to finish out her tenure. She is dispat...
Book Haunt
Book Haunt rated it 9 years ago
I am absolutely thrilled with the quality of the books I've picked up so far this year! Adding to the fresh takes on fantasy that have come our way is City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett. The book opens with the murder of historian, Efram Pangyui. Efram was sent to the city of Bulikov by ...
Wortmagieblog
Wortmagieblog rated it 9 years ago
Jahrhundertelang lebten die Menschen Saypurs unter der Knechtschaft des Kontinents. Von sechs Gottheiten regiert, gelenkt und geformt, war der Kontinent eine Welt der Magie, des leibgewordenen Glaubens. Besonders Bulikov, die Stadt der Harmonie, in der alle Götter gleichermaßen verehrt wurden, galt ...
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