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'Chronicles of the Black Company' by Glen Cook, 5/5.

The first book:
I have a hard time deciding if the writing is overly quick or too quickly paced or if the author is simply respecting the readers time. I can't decide if it's a style choice or a lack of skill in this first book. Either way it is sometimes great and sometimes fine, it never felt too fast but it did keep a refreshing pace always which is a novel thing compared to some other books (dune Messiah, hyperion 2, Witcher 2). The characters are all great, I can't really say more than that I enjoyed them all.

I have a small gripe about the recurring theme and distraction of goblin and one eye and their magical fueds, sometimes it gets old and you just want to skip over them.

The plot is refreshing and offers a unique or interesting perspective on a fantasy world as the group is aligned with the 'evil' side.

The plots and secrets of the story are pretty excellent and sometimes you need to pay attention as some things are one sentance quips that reveal a lot about certain plot points.

All the action is great, there is no horny scenes.

The ending is great and I'll continue with the series by reading the next omnibus.

This is a superior book to the first Dune book.

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Shadow & Claw by Gene Wolfe. Starting it now.