Nandkumar Oturkar từ Colle Malamerenda SI, Italy

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11/05/2024

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2019-10-18 00:31

Từ Điển Việt - Hán (Khổ Nhỏ) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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No fooling folks...a middle-aged MOM kicking some serious fantasy rump and raining pain and destruction on the assbozos that stole her children...can you say Now, if that doesn’t sound like an appealing (and long overdue) premise to a fantasy story than may I please take a moment to remind you of the following: HI…I AM ONE OF THE COOLEST MOVIE HEROES (MALE OR FEMALE) OF ALL TIME AND I WASTED AN ENTIRE COLONY OF SLIMY, ACID-BLEEDING, DEADLY-PROJECTILE-TEETH-SPEWING, TOUGH AS NAILS ALIEN MONSTERS…WHAT HAVE YOU DONE LATELY?!!! . . . Or how about: . . . HELLO…I AM A SCHOOLTEACHER, WIFE AND MOTHER IN A SMALL TOWN WHO LOVES HER LIFE AND HER FAMILY….OH I ALMOST FORGOT, I AM ALSO A CIA ASSASSIN WITH SKILLS LIKE A NINJA WHO CAN DROP YOU QUICKER THAN TIGER WOODS SPONSER AND SEND YOU OFF WITH THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT…ANY QUESTIONS? . . . This story is set in the shared world created by Buckell and Paolo Bacigalupi. As I mentioned in my review of Bacigalupi’s story, The Alchemist, here we have a world in which magic exists but its use has been savagely curtailed as a result of the devastating effect that the use of magic has on the environment. Employing magic causes the growth and spread of a fatally poisonous “bramble” that encroaches and destroys every city in which the old hocus-pocus is used. As a result of this deadly relationship between magic and the bramble, anyone caught using magic of any kind is immediately put to death by the “Executioner’s” axe. Or, in the case of this story…the Executioness’ Axe. Tana, the daughter of an aging executioner is called upon to take her father’s place and carry out the execution of a “magic user” for the ruler of the province in which she lives. After performing her duty (though you have to read the description of the killing scene as it is well done but a little tough to handle), Tana returns home to find that her home has been destroyed, her father killed and her children stolen by raiders from another City. These “raiders” believe that the only way to get rid of the “bramble” is to follow “The Way” and kill everyone who ever lived where magic was practiced with the exception of children who are taken and “educated” (aka brainwashed) into following the Way. Well Tana immediately sets out to rescue her children and joins up with an opposing army and eventually rises to a position of leadership due to her intelligence and strategic thinking. Yep, she's not only a badass, but a very shrewd, intelligent badass Kind of reminds me of say: THIS IS M…TELL THOSE BASTARDS IF THEY DON’T RETURN MY CHILDREN TO ME IMMEDIATELY I SHALL HAVE THEM KILLED. Well, if I haven’t been clear enough, I LOVED the concept of the story. In addition, I thought Buckell’s writing and the back story was excellent. The only reason I did not rate this higher is that the story did not have enough time to adequately show the transition of Tana from Mother, the rookie executioness, the warlord, etc. and so these transitions were a bit rushed. However, overall I thought the story was very good and Tana was a superb character. 3.5 stars. Recommended.

Người đọc Nandkumar Oturkar từ Colle Malamerenda SI, Italy

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.