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A strange little fantasy. I expected nothing less from this author.

City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

May 21, 2024 by narfna Leave a Comment

This is a tough book to sink your teeth into. It’s slow to start, and slow to catch your emotions (if it ever catches them all), but still, for the right reader this book could work very well. I always appreciate a well-executed attempt at a unique structure, and we have that here in abundance. Up front, though, the reason this is getting 3.5 stars is that though there were bits that caught my imagination in the first half of the book, it didn’t really […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, Adrian Tchaikovsky, audiobooks, City of Last Chances, high fantasy, mosaic novel, narfna, The Tyrant Philosophers, Urban Fantasy

narfna's CBR16 Review No:22 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, Adrian Tchaikovsky, audiobooks, City of Last Chances, high fantasy, mosaic novel, narfna, The Tyrant Philosophers, Urban Fantasy ·
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