When additionally considering the “pay for reviews” scheme that I talked about in a previous post, I was skeptical of the positive reviews I was reading. As a result, I did not consider reading Sullivan’s books despite owning a library of works including Flanagan, Eddings, and Dragonlance novels that could be criticized in a similar way. Complaints about one dimensional characters, worn out tropes, a simplistic and predictable plot, and conversations that drive the story in place of telling a story, are found aplenty. Although many of his reviews were positive on Amazon and Goodreads, it was the negative reviews that scared me away. Sullivan’s Theft of Swords, volume 1 in his Riyria Revelations series, as a possible series to add to the queue. Pages: 368 (not including 46 pages of glossary, extras, and a preview of The Rose and the Thornįor a few years now I have been eyeing Michael J. Format: Oversized paperback, 1st Edition, 2013
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