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Commented on Even More Obligatory Author Shilling
Thank you Harry Connolly. I bought your new book (Kindle edition). I enjoyed it quite much. Perfect reading when you are suffering a flu. Please produce more books like this! There are not too much books in the fantasy genre...
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Bravo Lima Poppa 3 commented on
Even More Obligatory Author Shilling
Finished it at lunch. And I want more books like this. And I never would have expected the ending given the conventions of urban fantasy....
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J Thomas commented on
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I very much liked the sample and it's on my short to-buy list. I liked the Twenty Palaces novels a lot, and without knowing, my guess is that the problem was the extreme violence. It was completely appropriate in context, and I didn't have any particular problem with it, but that's my best guess. That or the sincerity, or the bleakness. A world where everything could be lost quickly if an understaffed organization makes a mistake, and that organization is corrupt, and the heroes continually risk their lives saving the world with the expectation they will fail. Maybe some readers...
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magiced commented on
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I'm currently rapidly working my way through the great way (and will be recommending it to fantasy reading friends as it's great), so the shilling does work!...
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Harry Connolly commented on
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Confession: I'm not planning any more Marley Jacobs books. As far as I'm concerned, A Key, an Egg, an Unfortunate Remark is a stand alone novel. What I'd really like is for this sort of book to become a well-established subgenre, so I can keep reading them while working on new stuff. Sorry, but I feel like I've said everything I wanted to say in that book. Until/unless I think of something else, that's how the story ends. Still, thank you all very much for coming here into the comments and saying nice things. Word of mouth is king....
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Bravo Lima Poppa 3 commented on
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A shame. But its a sign of great writing that it leaves the readers wanting more. And it got a 5 star review from me....
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