I do like Gail Z. Martin, I really do. Although her books may be a little too predictable, I find them fresh, not overly complex and highly gripping and enjoyable to read. Her last book, the Dark Ladys Chosen is all of these things and anybody who likes a good Fantasy read will love her work.
Monday will see me finally begin reading Brent Weeks new book the Black Prism. Looking forward to it, just a shame its so damn massive, getting it out of my bag on the tube is sure to annoy some people. Oh well.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Chronicles of the Necromancer
Im absolutely loving Gail Z. Martins Summoner series at the moment. Im re-reading the third book in the series as the fourth has just been released.
I was frustrated with it the first time around as the book ended and left its readers hanging for a year unttill she wrote the conclusion. I hate that. I prefer to wait until they're all written before I buy a book especially when there is not even an end to a subplot. Complaint over, Gail Z. Martin is a master story teller and is somebody who probably grew up loving Halloween as she captures the dark winter feel of spirits and ghosts perfectly. The main characters are highly likeable, even the women in it are no mere damsels in distress and are quite willing to pick up a sword and fight having been trained from childhood for war. The vampire characters are very likable and give you that real goosebump feel thanks to her brilliant descriptions. Much better than the first two in the series, the third is excellent and I cannot wait to get stuck into the fourth book, Dark Lady's Chosen.
I was frustrated with it the first time around as the book ended and left its readers hanging for a year unttill she wrote the conclusion. I hate that. I prefer to wait until they're all written before I buy a book especially when there is not even an end to a subplot. Complaint over, Gail Z. Martin is a master story teller and is somebody who probably grew up loving Halloween as she captures the dark winter feel of spirits and ghosts perfectly. The main characters are highly likeable, even the women in it are no mere damsels in distress and are quite willing to pick up a sword and fight having been trained from childhood for war. The vampire characters are very likable and give you that real goosebump feel thanks to her brilliant descriptions. Much better than the first two in the series, the third is excellent and I cannot wait to get stuck into the fourth book, Dark Lady's Chosen.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Top Ten
Since finishing Joe Abercrombies Best Served Cold, I can officially say that he is now in my top ten list.
For those of you that care, here they are.
Trudi Canavan
J K Rowling
Robin Hobb
Raymond E. Feist
Brent Weeks
Simon Scarrow
Joe Abercrombie
Eoin Colfer
Stuart Hill
Gail Z. Martin
For those of you that care, here they are.
Trudi Canavan
J K Rowling
Robin Hobb
Raymond E. Feist
Brent Weeks
Simon Scarrow
Joe Abercrombie
Eoin Colfer
Stuart Hill
Gail Z. Martin
Friday, September 3, 2010
Best Served Cold
Reading Joe Abercrombies Best Served Cold now and Im half way through it. This man will go down as one of the greats, his style of story telling is very gritty with a very dark humour behind it all. His First Law Trilogy was excellent yet I am finding this standalone book even more enjoyable. As in the trilogy, he puts together a crew of unsavoury characters consisting of criminals, murderers and psycos, pretty much a medieval Reservoir Dogs crew. Its excellent and is now in paper back.
I also have the highly anticipated Black Prism by Brent Weeks to read once this is finished as well. If its as good as his last trilogy then theres no chance of being dissapointed. Will let you know what I think of it when Im done.
I also have the highly anticipated Black Prism by Brent Weeks to read once this is finished as well. If its as good as his last trilogy then theres no chance of being dissapointed. Will let you know what I think of it when Im done.
Are reviewers right?
Im having a hard time agreeing with reviewers at the moment. I have just completed the Kane and Lynch 2 campaign on PC and found it to be an utterly brutal, gritty and raw shooter yet from the reviews I have read, this is meant to be an unplayable hash of a game. Yes there are a few bugs but put them aside and you have one of the most unique looking shooters around. I dont know what reviewers are looking for in a shooter, maybe they want everything to play like COD or some other personal favourite of theirs but Im tired of constant FPS and War releases. I like 3rd person and over the shoulder shooters. I like top down shooters and I like first person shooters. They dont all need to be made the same.
This was a fresh idea based in the slums and the high rises of Shanghai and I loved it.
I am also playing Mafia 2 on the PS3, another game that has been given a hard time by reviewers. Graphically it is stunning, the environments atmospheric and Im enjoying it hugely.
Its been a long time since I woke up in the morning thinking about a game I played the night before yet Mafia 2 had me thinking in the morning, wanting to pull a sicky so that I could spend the day sat in front of the tv with a huge back of twiglets and a Dr Pepper doing nothing else but playing the game.
The playability of the game is great, so once again, what do they want? A GTA clone? Its very story driven as is GTA, but maybe not as free playing. Im not a great GTA fan, completed GTA 3 and got bored with the rest. We are not all the same, everybody has unique tastes so always remember, read plenty of reviews as 1 review is just 1 mans opinion, nothing more.
This was a fresh idea based in the slums and the high rises of Shanghai and I loved it.
I am also playing Mafia 2 on the PS3, another game that has been given a hard time by reviewers. Graphically it is stunning, the environments atmospheric and Im enjoying it hugely.
Its been a long time since I woke up in the morning thinking about a game I played the night before yet Mafia 2 had me thinking in the morning, wanting to pull a sicky so that I could spend the day sat in front of the tv with a huge back of twiglets and a Dr Pepper doing nothing else but playing the game.
The playability of the game is great, so once again, what do they want? A GTA clone? Its very story driven as is GTA, but maybe not as free playing. Im not a great GTA fan, completed GTA 3 and got bored with the rest. We are not all the same, everybody has unique tastes so always remember, read plenty of reviews as 1 review is just 1 mans opinion, nothing more.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
What Im Playing
Left 4 Dead 2 and loving it. Already downloaded a few new campaign maps and theres nothing better than having a good laugh with your mates whilst killing a few zombies.
I have also been playing Avatar on the pc. Stunning environments and some cool weaponry are not enough to keep you coming back for more, which is a shame as the game looks great. The gameplay just is not varied enough and was seriously let down by the dull flying sections. Even getting kitted up with a mechs becomes boring after a while. Running around as a marine is a lot more fun than playing as one of the Na'vi which loped about robotically. Its a shame but its still worth a go at the budget price I got it for.
Looking forward to downloading the demo of Kane and Lynch 2. Thought id try that first before buying just in case it wont run on my pc.
I have also been playing Avatar on the pc. Stunning environments and some cool weaponry are not enough to keep you coming back for more, which is a shame as the game looks great. The gameplay just is not varied enough and was seriously let down by the dull flying sections. Even getting kitted up with a mechs becomes boring after a while. Running around as a marine is a lot more fun than playing as one of the Na'vi which loped about robotically. Its a shame but its still worth a go at the budget price I got it for.
Looking forward to downloading the demo of Kane and Lynch 2. Thought id try that first before buying just in case it wont run on my pc.
What Im reading
Finished Manfredi's Alexander last week. Only read the first book so far but found it suffers the same as the rest of his books (in my opinion). The character depth is far too blunt and I find I never really have any feeling of attachmentto them. The only one of his books that pulled me in was Spartan. Needless to say, I will be reading the two follow on books when I get round to them but unlike many trilogies I have read, I feel no urgency to read them.
Have just started reading Joe Abercrombies Best Served Cold. I loved his First Law Trilogy and the Bloody Nine is one of my favourite all time book characters. So far, the intro to this book is fantastic. Pulled me in straight away with his dark and gritty twisted humour, typical style of his writing and the violent descriptions are exceptional. Its still early days yet but I get the feeling this book will not dissapoint.
I have also ordered Brent Weeks new book called The Black Prism which I am very excited about as I thoroughly enjoyed his Night Angel Trilogy. Should be a good month for reading.
Have just started reading Joe Abercrombies Best Served Cold. I loved his First Law Trilogy and the Bloody Nine is one of my favourite all time book characters. So far, the intro to this book is fantastic. Pulled me in straight away with his dark and gritty twisted humour, typical style of his writing and the violent descriptions are exceptional. Its still early days yet but I get the feeling this book will not dissapoint.
I have also ordered Brent Weeks new book called The Black Prism which I am very excited about as I thoroughly enjoyed his Night Angel Trilogy. Should be a good month for reading.
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