Content tagged with "fantasy"

A Game of Thrones
Book Review
March 8, 2016
273

“A shockingly good novel. I normally wouldn’t have read this, because fantasy is a genre I don’t think I’ve read a single page of, but a friend recommended it. By page 100, I was contemplating taking the day off work to stay home and read it. What was amazing to me was the work Martin had put into…”

The Hobbit
Book Review
September 8, 2018
84

“Honestly, I didn’t love it, which I know is heretical, but it was very episodic – just random episodes kind of strung together with very little unifying plot. This is likely due to the fact that it’s a kid’s book, but, still, I just couldn’t get into it. Also, I wasn’t in love with his writing…”

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Deane’s Library
Book Review
August 31, 2020
99

“I read this as the second novel in the series. It’s better than the first one , but still pretty thin. There are no layers to the story of the plot – it’s very linear, very superficial. There are no twists. It seems like a heavy allegory of the Christ story, but apparently Lewis maintains that was…”

The Magician’s Nephew
Deane’s Library
Book Review
August 31, 2020
110

“This was a later book in the series, but was written as a prequel. I read it first, before any of the other books. It’s…okay, I guess? Clearly, it’s exposition. Lewis is trying to clean up a bunch of details and set the stage for what comes next. I sort of knew that going in, so I read it in that…”

A Spell for Chameleon
Deane’s Library
Book Review
February 11, 2024
264

“I originally read this novel in high school. I think I got 10 installments into the series before I graduated, and it turns out the series has grown to 40+ novels. It was essentially Harry Potter before that was even a thing – grand adventures in a magical world, sheltered from the real world . So,…”