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Michael Cobley - Shadowkings

#1 Guest_bluesman_*

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Posted 07 April 2005 - 11:52 AM

Picked this up from library today. One review on the cover compared it to Steven Erikson and Gardens of the Moon. That alone was enough for me to pick it up.

Is it as good as Eriksons books?

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Posted 12 August 2005 - 09:33 PM

Bluesman have you read it yet..... if so was it any good?

It consists of two more books - Shadowgod and Shadowmasque.

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Posted 12 August 2005 - 10:59 PM

I've heard about it on these forums, that's why I ordered it from Amazon. Sadly, Amazon is Teh Scuk and I STILL HAVE YET TO RECIEVE IT. They jacked my order back by a month.

I ordered it:

June 8.

It was supposed to arrive: July 8-16

It's NOW supposed to arrive: AUGUST 21-28.

If it doesn't arrive...

(grumbles to self)

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Posted 16 August 2005 - 01:19 AM

As good as Erikson? HELL NO!!!

I found "Shadowkings" dull, predictable, and badly written... which is a shame, because it showed promise early on:(

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Posted 06 September 2005 - 11:43 AM

I've read it, I found it quite good, but somehow it didn't seem to have a real end. It didn't fell like that anyway.

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Posted 06 September 2005 - 09:31 PM

I liked shadowkings to begin with... it showed real promise, and I was really starting to enjoy it. But then it just fizzled out towards the end of the book, and shadowgods was pretty awful, never read the final book in the series though...