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Your opinions on The Book of Swords?

>> No.1983097

Makes for a sharp read.

>> No.1983123

finished it quite swiftly

>> No.1983131

I have two hardcover copies for some reason. One is brown, the other is beige.

>> No.1983132

Was basically thrust into it.

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1983137

>>1983097
Nice

>> No.1983139

It took awhile to pierce through the author's prose.

>> No.1983140

certainly had an edge to it.

>> No.1983144

I enjoyed the book, but wasted too much time on the details. It was a quite double-edged read for me.

>> No.1983148

Dialogue and plot were both kinda choppy.

>> No.1983152

I was hoping for some discussion but puns are okay too.

>> No.1983153

>>1983148
True, but his descriptions really cut straight to the heart.

>> No.1983160

>>1983153

Afterword didn't exactly give closure though, coulda just sliced it off.

>> No.1983172

>>1983160
And it was strikingly pretentious too. I felt like he couldn't chose which concept to brandish as the book's main point.

>> No.1983178

I didn't like it.

Uhh... sword.