tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post674998335028781256..comments2024-03-17T14:31:27.014-04:00Comments on Fantasy Book Critic: “Prince of Thorns” by Mark Lawrence (Reviewed by Robert Thompson)Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006565422867420980noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-83539722922005873782013-10-30T13:06:11.568-04:002013-10-30T13:06:11.568-04:00Lelouch of the rebellion is quite fresh in my mind...Lelouch of the rebellion is quite fresh in my mind..so I couldn't discard the similarities between the characters and the story from what it seems in the beginning.<br />I dropped the book after reading a bit. Maybe I will pick it up once I forget Lelouch or if I suffer from amnesia sometime in near future. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-24327262551249503132013-10-07T09:25:25.327-04:002013-10-07T09:25:25.327-04:00It is a strange review where the reviewer says wha...It is a strange review where the reviewer says what type of book he prefers and then ticks the author off for writing a different book! Don't read this book if you like alternative realities because this story is firmly set in our world, not only with the references cited in the review but deliberate misquotes from Samuel Johnson, The Wizard of OZ et al. What is very clever is the gradual realisation that all the mystery elements are the hidden work of the Builders, whom we first see providing inexplicable illumination in the castle's wine cellars, and are scientific in origin, although so far advanced in this post-apocalyptic world that they appear miraculous. Jeremy Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-52548428500358014292013-09-17T18:17:15.841-04:002013-09-17T18:17:15.841-04:00Jorg's character reminds me of Lelouch in the ...Jorg's character reminds me of Lelouch in the anime, Code Geass...<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-54933871846357677582011-11-01T08:37:46.300-04:002011-11-01T08:37:46.300-04:00Found the book in the train yesterday (brand new!)...Found the book in the train yesterday (brand new!), already halfway through today. A real pageturner! I'm not a 'fantasy only guy'(reading everything from Nobelprize winning literature to comics), but I quite like the references to the 'real world'(Jesu, the classic philosophers). But maybe that's just the historian in me... ;-)It just makes it al the more 'real', like an alternative version of what really happened.Armandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-26445785711560617492011-07-20T15:02:36.890-04:002011-07-20T15:02:36.890-04:00You're welcome Anonymous :DYou're welcome Anonymous :DRoberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15006565422867420980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-36523225292908578082011-07-20T13:41:57.389-04:002011-07-20T13:41:57.389-04:00Good to hear, because I have it on pre order :P
T...Good to hear, because I have it on pre order :P<br /><br />Thanks much for the insightful review :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-72479963191094492532011-07-20T08:46:02.236-04:002011-07-20T08:46:02.236-04:00I hope you like it Jamie! I am interested to see w...I hope you like it Jamie! I am interested to see what other people think of the setting...Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15006565422867420980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-53140023587978786102011-07-20T02:03:00.458-04:002011-07-20T02:03:00.458-04:00Sounds like a winner :) I'm intrigued by the a...Sounds like a winner :) I'm intrigued by the alternate Earth setting too. This one's going on my wishlist :DJamie Gibbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168603412367448706noreply@blogger.com