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Couldn't find this in the local library so thinking of ordering it. Is the series any good?

>> No.16470858

It's unique and amazing. Go for it.

>> No.16470859
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>>16470764
Yes, it's great. Hope you like very slowly rising action and Dickensian names

>> No.16470869

>>16470764
nothing happens and the characters are one dimensional. idk why Harold Bloom creamed his pants over this. the prose is good though.

>> No.16470912

>>16470764
Too rich to read a lot in one sitting

>> No.16470931

>>16470869
It's a slow book, but things happen.
>the prose is good though.
Do you think? I enjoyed the descriptions, but the prose isn't for me.

>> No.16470942

I fucking hated it. It’s proto-Pratchett British whimsy and shenanigans with a slightly more grim face. Faggotry

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>>16470869
>>16470942
Filtered by this motherfucker

>> No.16471745

>>16470764
first book is great
second book is pretty good
third book ruins it

>> No.16472120

>>16470869
One dimensional characters is totally a thing. They're grotesque exagerations. Like, when someone is short other adult characters literally pick her up single handed and when a dude is evil his eyes are red. But godtier descriptions are their own reward, and there are astonishingly brilliant setpieces like the rooftop climb or the fight in the dark.

>> No.16472597

>>16471023
Yeah happy to be filtered by someone who looks that gay lol