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Title: Holy Stilted Dialog Batman!
Review: I read mostly fantasy these days, and I'm a pretty forgiving reader. I read for enjoyment and escapism. The last book I read (Robin Hobb's "Soldier Son" trilogy) left me wanting a faster pace and more action, so this looked promising.The overall concept and characters are a good start, but it never goes anywhere. No character development, and the dialog is completely flat, it's terrible.As you would expect in a fantasy story there is an entire world of races and geography and cultures that surround the story. Usually these are developed and built, in this case instead of being a tapestry woven around the characters to add color and help understand their motives it end up being literary flotsam that obfuscates the story.Bottom line, save your $0.99 and put it toward anything by Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, Terry Brooks, Terry Goodkind, Robin Hobb (Farseer books), Ken Scholes (Psalms of Isaac series)
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