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Title: so much potential
Review: This book had so much potential. It has an interesting culture, it has a few characters that could glow, and a plot that could go places with volition. It does none of those things.There are flashbacks galore, interludes a plenty, and language that is gaudy. There are no cases in this story where a character uses a small word where a large one, or several large ones can be used instead. Worse, it feels as if the author has tried to shove an extra-superduper-extraordinary line of description every eight or twelve pages. The language clunks. It tries to be lyrical, it tries so hard and it fails. On top of this _all_ the characters have the same fulsome vocabulary, which seems a bit off. Sure, the group the title character is a part of is explained well, and the nobles are too, but the rest of the thieves, cut throats and petty criminals?This book is what I imagine it would be like to watch The Nutcracker be performed in plate armor and clogs.
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