Nevermore (Supernatural) - Keith R.A. DeCandido

Advantages: superb writing
Disadvantages: he died before he could produce more

...Edgar Allen Poe is one of the great writers but his strange true life was even weirder than his books. The complete EDgar Allen Poe has graced my bookshelves for a while now and the stories and poetry it contains are both disturbing and beautiful. The classics such as The Raven and The fall of the house of Usher are true gothic masterpieces and show a talent for discriptive writng few can match many a modern writer could learn from the way Poe could create an atmosphere from a few words and chill the blood with ease. If you get one book in the next year this should be it. Thus quoth the raven nevermore... Read review

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Advantages: Inovative style, fantastic storyline
Disadvantages: Have to buy more books to find out the ending

...Hi all chaps! Due to Ciaos fantastic technical skills when the database was changed the category for A Song of Ice and Fire Book 1 disappeared and it ended up in the category for Book 3, I'd be grateful therefore if you could take absolutely no notice of this review, and rate accordingly, i.e DONT!! Cheers Emma I discovered George R.R.Martin when browsing through my local W.H. Smiths and it was on offer, as a huge fan of Eddings, Feist, Gemmell, etc. I decided to give it a go. I am now hooked on the whole series! The book itself is written in an extremely original and innovative style. Rather than focusing on one character and their interaction with others, it takes one character a chapter and go's through their adventures. There is Lord Eddard Stark, the warden of the North, his wife Catelyn and their children, Rickon,Robb, Bran... Read review

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Advantages: mindblowing scope
Disadvantages: hard to put down! graphic and disturbing in parts, but that added to it!

...this is the first book in george rr martin's "a song of ice and fire" series (which he really needs to hurry up and finish, incidentally, before i explode!!), without a doubt the best set of fantasy novels since the lord of the rings. this set of books is set in an alternate world, with a kind of medieval feel to it (the period is never actually specified). it tells the story of the conflict between the five great families of "the seven kingdoms" (the land in which it is set). there are supernatural elements to it, and despite containing the typical fantasy fodder of knights and dragons, it manages never to fall into cliche. in this book, martin creates a whole new world of incredible detail, inventing a whole fascinating history for the world in which he sets his story. the characters are incredibly well developed - this book has... Read review

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