Reviews of various stuff

[lindentreeisle]

The Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix - Oh my god, you guys. I love these books so. Fucking. Much. This is the sort of crossover fantasy work that gets shelved in Young Adult but ought to be equally appealing to adult fantasy fans. The characters are great, the world-building is wonderful, and the plots are excellent. If you like fantasy you need

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[lady_ganesh]

I don't know if I should be happy or sad I'm nowhere near a Godiva store. Is Parable of the Talents as fucking depressing as I thought it was going to be? I love Butler, but there's only so much of her I can take at a time.

[lindentreeisle]

Yes. Yes it is.

I love it passionately but have no plans to purchase it because I kind of don't want to read it again. It's like The Handmaid's Tale...the depiction of fundamentalism is a little TOO accurate.

[loolaa]

I love The Abhorsen Triology so much.
And you're the only person I know who has read them (not including the friend I lent mine to.)

[lindentreeisle]

I don't know why! They're so great!

I loved the idea of the bells so much I ended up adapting the concept for use in a text-based rpg I was playing at the time.