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Title: What a disappointment!
Review: What a boring book. (Or rather, what a boring bunch of 4 books). The main character is Severian the torturer who pursues his destiny across the lands of Urth. Torture, cannibalism, grave robbing, public executions ad nauseum abound. I hope I'm not spoiling anything when I say that Severian does eventually decide to quit his job (well, duh). Wolfe uses some excellent descriptive prose to fashion an Urth of the far future. The place is alright but the motivations of the main characters are obscure and consequently uninteresting. I would suggest Zola and his pit ponies for a much better read.
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