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A wonderful read

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 3, 2022

I loved that book! I feel a bit sad I 've finished it as if I were leaving great friends after an epic adventure. Words have so much power in the hands of a great storyteller. And this is what Samantha Shannon is. ! I look forward to reading more of her beautiful stories.

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Sg_yyc

I tried, really I did

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on August 4, 2022

Based on most of the reviews I wanted to like this book. After about 15 chapters I just couldn't get into it.
Too many side/superfluous characters (not like Robert Jordan's side characters where they felt like they belonged) that are just there for the sake of being there. It may be a "slow burn" type of plot which I'm used to having read works by authors like Brandon Sanderson, but other than the brief appearance of Dragons in the first few chapters it just didn't hook me.

The writing came off very odd to me also. Modern while other times dated and wanna be Shakespearian.

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A wonderful read

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 3, 2022

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 30, 2022

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Didnt think i would read all of it, but i did. This book read like a show, every chapter is well cut, to the point and really a great adventure. Didnt like all the caracter 3/4 main, but was still able to read and enjoy all of it. Loved the love stories, would have take more of them, but still pretty good and worth a read. My only critics is that the next one is a prequel and not a sequel.

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Lynnontop

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Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on August 6, 2022

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I’ve been reading e books mostly but decided to buy an actual bound book for the cottage. This was the wrong physical choice - it’s massive. But everyone who saw me with it had questions. And I’ve lent it out to two people already. So there you go.

As for the book - it was pretty good.

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Gail

So well written and thought out. Clever

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 5, 2022

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Clever imagination, well written

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DistinctlyDaisy

Shoddy printing, great book.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 17, 2021

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4* for the book.
1* for the Amazon printing

Well past the cut off for returning an item to Amazon, I discovered that the book was missing more than 40 pages. In addition, there were about 20+ pages from an entirely different book spliced in between.

(The publisher was unfamiliar with the issue, saying Amazon prints the copies they sell. The publisher was unable to assist in any way based on differing policies in the US/Canada. So, I had to purchase the Kindle version to find out what happened during that pivotal scene.)

As it turned out, this wasn't my first nor my last book purchased from Amazon where the printing went awry. This HAS BEEN the most significant, though.

I can't rationalize Amazon's better prices, when it means subpar quality plus more money in the long run.

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Sg_yyc

I tried, really I did

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on August 4, 2022

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 15, 2021

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The Priory of the Orange Tree was an epic read. Every brick of this epic fantasy was laid with care and every character explored in depth. This resulted in some slow pacing during the first half of the book, but it was worth it. The end result was a globe-trotting epic adventure. It was a long read but well worth the trip. If you like in depth world building and a large, diverse cast of characters, you’ll love this one!

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Christa

Amazing

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 13, 2022

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My 15 year old daughter adored this book and was devastated to finish it. She loved it so much that she limited her reading time as she got near the end so it wouldn’t be over so fast.

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An enticing and gripping tale.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 3, 2021

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Samantha Shannon writes with a wonderfully descriptive clarity. All of her main characters are beautifully fleshed out. The women who are at the centre of the story are both powerful and delightfully human. Shannon does a nice job of demonstrating how the inseparable combination of religion and mythology can result in many harmful and durable decisions and actions. The many threads of this novel ultimately are woven together, but the story goes on, even as the novel ends - a superb example of the truth that it is the journey, not the destination, that matters.

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So good!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 25, 2022

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Took me a bit to get into but now I’m hooked It’s a masterpiece. Female characters are so strong. Must read for anyone who likes fantasy!

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