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Category: Literary Reviews

April 27, 2024

Review: What is History?, Edward H. Carr

Rating: 4 out of 5 I am generally not the biggest fan of a meta science book. I do well—at least sometimes—with general philosophy…

April 24, 2024

Review: Forge of the High Mage, Ian C. Esslemont

Rating: 4 out of 5 Tayschrenn’s character in the main series was relatively elusive from the little I remember. This made it a joy…

April 11, 2024

Arvustus: Saare-Lääne piiskopkond, 1227–1573, Madis Maasing

Arvustus: 5 / 5 Esiteks pean mainima, et kuna tegu on osaliselt minu enda tööga ja suuremas osas minu nägemusega, siis olen kindlasti kuigivõrd…

April 5, 2024

Review: Empire in Black and Gold, Adrian Tchaikovsky

Rating: 4 out of 5 I wanted to delve into Mr Tchaikovsky’s world of technological progress once again (first and second reviews which I…

April 1, 2024

Review: Maelstrom, Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Rating: 3 out of 5 In many ways this reminded me of the archaeological novella on Amnthra—supposedly part of the same series, the reader…

March 29, 2024

Review: Ancient Wonderings, James Canton

Rating: 2 out of 5 I did not mind this book. It comes down to expectations: mine were for something akin to Robert MacFarlane’s…

March 25, 2024

Review: Ivory Trees, Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Rating: 5 out of 5 I really enjoyed this instalment of the Diving series. Some of the other offshoots have been hit-or-miss for me,…

March 22, 2024

Review: Light Perpetual, Andrzej Sapkowski

Rating: 4 out of 5 I wish Mr Sapkowski would have an easier time writing a happy ending. I like his style which could…

March 19, 2024

Arvustus: Vana-Liivimaa maapäev, Priit Raudkivi

Hinnang: 3 / 5 Hr Priit Raudkivi teos on selge ülesandega: uurida Liivimaa seisuste kogunemisi, millest arenes välja 15. sajandi alguses maapäev. Autor läheneb…

March 16, 2024

Review: The Chase, Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Rating: 3 out of 5 I really enjoyed this title—really, I couldn’t put it down—until the very end, where it seems to be the…

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