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Øyvind

oyviaase@books.babb.no

Joined 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Mostly reading fantasy and science fiction books, reading while commuting is genius :D

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Success! Øyvind has read 26 of 24 books.

reviewed Memory of Souls by Jenn Lyons (A Chorus of Dragons, #3)

Jenn Lyons: Memory of Souls (Paperback, 2021, Pan Macmillan) 5 stars

Now that Relos Var’s plans have been revealed and demons are free to rampage across …

More intertwined stories please

5 stars

We get a couple of new "story tellers" in this book, however we have heard of or met most of them in the previous books already. The story picks up shortly after the end of book two, with Khirin, Janel and the rest still on their quest to save the world. The story is moving more and more in a philosophical direction, instead of leaning on the good/evil trope. The end goal is the same for most people however how they want to get there is quite different. And following along might start some interesting discussion amongst reader reading this book in a book club or something. I won't deny that parts off the story is dark however as a whole is it not that bad.

If you're interested in reading this series then definitively start at book 1 since this one assumes a fair bit of knowledge about the …

reviewed The Name of all Things by Jenn Lyons (A Chorus of Dragons, #2)

Jenn Lyons: The Name of all Things (Paperback, english language, 2019, Tor) 5 stars

You can have everything you want if you sacrifice everything you believe.

Kihrin D'Mon is …

Nearly as good as the first book

5 stars

Content warning Story spoilers

reviewed The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons (A Chorus of Dragons, #1)

Jenn Lyons: The Ruin of Kings (Paperback, english language, Tor) 5 stars

Kihrin is a bastard orphan who grew up on storybook tales of long-lost princes and …

An interesting world written in an interesting style

5 stars

Content warning Spoilers on writing style ahead.

reviewed Sølvstrupen by Siri Pettersen (Vardari, #2)

Siri Pettersen: Sølvstrupen (Hardcover, Norwegian language, 2023, Gylendal) 5 stars

Juva er merket for alltid av mannen hun satte fri. Djevelen selv, som holdt evig …

Norsk fantasy på sitt beste

5 stars

Juva er merket etter handlingene hennes i jernulven. Og historien fortsetter der jernulven sluttet. Selv om dette er bok 2 i det som skal bli en trilogi så, bærer ikke historien preg av dette før man kommer til den siste siden hvor det virkelig bygges opp til starten av bok 3. Likte du jernulven vil du garantert like denne boka også. Hvis du ikke har lest jernulven og har lyst til å lese denne så gjør deg selv en bjørne tjeneste og les jernulven først, for det er få forklaringer om hvordan dette fantasy universet fungerer i sølvstrupen, de er alle i jernulven.

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