Not a fanAnd that's the Dragon Bone Chair by Tad Williams... I don't like Simon. Oh, I don't like Simon. I don't like Simon at all.
The Dragonbone Chair (1988)
Others: Leaning negative In the peaceful land of Osten Ard, the good king is dying-and a long-dreaded evil is about to be unleashed. Only Simon, a lowly castle scullion apprenticed to a secret order dedicated to halting the coming darkness, can solve the dangerous riddle that offers salvation to the land.
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- 9781473642102
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- 672 pages
Genres: fantasy
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Not a fan
Loved itAgain, his writing is fantastic. It's rich, the world building was so interesting, and you have these characters who you will immediately become attached to.
Mixeddragon bone chair four stars it is the slowest of the books but it sets up a whole lot
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Not a fanThis is book one of Memory, Sorrow and Thorn by Tad Williams. I give it one star, I couldn't finish it, I read about 60% of the way through... it's an absolutely enormous book and there was one moment finally, like 150 or so pages in, where I'm like this is exciting, and then it was exciting for like two pages and then we went back to dull.
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