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Title: The First Name
Series: Twilight of the Gods #1
Author: Dennis Schmidt
Rating: 1 of 5 Stars
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 307 DNF@18%
Format: Digital Scan
| My Thoughts: |
Due to there being 2 rape scenes which were graphic enough, I am done with this book.
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I have never heard of this book. Shall avoid picking it up. Escapism stops being enjoyable when its like that.
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The kicker is I picked this up because he wrote another series, called Kensho, that was pretty cool. It was more SF, so I was hoping to get the same thing but in Fantasy. Man, what a disappointment 😦
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Nothing worse than getting far less than you bargained for.
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How old is this book? I have some vintage fantasy books that look similar Too bad it has 2 rape scenes so early in the book. Makes me wonder how the rest would be! 🤔
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1985 I believe. The cover screams 80’s, doesn’t it?
And you echoes my thoughts exactly. What is the rest going to be like? Welp, I’m not going to find out! 🙂
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It does! I actually love these old covers. I’m going to break into one maybe next week. I haven’t read a lot of old fantasy, but feel like I need to try something different. Hoping this isn’t a recurring theme! I don’t blame you for DNFing it. 😉
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Depending on how “old” you want to go, Howard’s Conan books (not any others by other authors) are pretty good…
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Thanks for that tip. I’ll see what’s in my box. 😉
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I will be avoiding this one for sure! Thanks for the warning.
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Honestly, considering this is from 1985, I think it will disappear completely in another decade. Some books just won’t stand the test of time and this is definitely one of them.
I didn’t check on devilreads, but on librarything mine is the only the review…
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Hahaha, yeah that sounds like something that won’t be available much longer. I hate when that happens tho.
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It makes you wonder what else will be in the book. It sounds like using rape scenes for shock value which a lot of readers won’t like. I’m not surprised you DNFed.
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It definitely did come across as shock value. And it shocked me right out of finishing the book 🙂
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Sounds like ye made a very good choice to dump this one. Arrr!
x The Captain
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It was just the kick in the back after the previous 3 low star books. Very discouraging…
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1985 was my birth year… Was going to make some sex joke about just going in 18% but it was funnier in my mind. Bummer this did not work out for you.
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Yeah, amazing how things are hilarious in our minds sometimes. Mrs B reminds of this often when I open my mouth 😀
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Man you’re having a rough run of books
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This is literally the worst month I’ve had in years. I need a vacation from books for a bit…
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You need a book with fluffy bunnies and rainbow unicorns now, to wash away the bad taste left by this one… Better luck next time! 🙂
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Indeed! After the last 4, I’m about ready for fluffy bunnies
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2!!! Within 18% of a book. Some kind of erotica fantasy book for twisted minds you got there….
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Oh, it wasn’t erotic in the least. I just don’t understand what the author was trying to accomplish.
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Ugh, no thanks. Thank you for the warning. That seems awful!
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Yep, the hits just kept on coming one after another…
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