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Mike Shevdon

Autor(a) de Sixty-One Nails

4 Works 1,020 Membros 34 Críticas 2 Favorited

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Obras por Mike Shevdon

Sixty-One Nails (2009) 553 exemplares
The Road to Bedlam (2010) 231 exemplares
Strangeness and Charm (2012) 152 exemplares
The Eighth Court (2013) 84 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
UK
Local de nascimento
Yorkshire, England, UK
Locais de residência
Bedfordshire, England, UK

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I enjoyed it and was wavering between 3 and 4 stars.
All in all, it was a solid and straight forward urban fantasy story but there was little originality to be found.
Here and there a few pretty outlandish explanations have been used to steer the plot but none of them were particularly immersion-breaking to me BUT there are a few glaring contradictions/plot holes regarding the abilities characters could've used but didn't (magic system) which was why I ultimately just gave 3 stars.
 
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omission | 20 outras críticas | Oct 19, 2023 |
An incredibly weak and disappointing opening to a second book.
The grieving was very well done. The entire section about Alexes demise and the impact of such a loss was very believable. But it was glaringly obvious immediately to the reader that she isn't dead so the entire section had an incredibly hollow feel to it because you know it is all for nought. It goes on and on and on and you know the entire time. It's incredibly frustrating and feels like a huge waste of my time.
The way that the mc doesn't realize what's going on is pathetic as well. The first book convinced us that he was able to rapidly analyze and make good decisions under stress but now this? Everything that happened was extremely suspicious. This is so incredibly unbelievable that I can't even put my frustration into words. Dropped roughly 1/10 in. I skimmed a bit first and it seems 1/5 of this book is just this absurd bs even an oblivious reader will pick up on in the first 10 pages.
Sad.
… (mais)
 
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omission | 6 outras críticas | Oct 19, 2023 |
"Neverwhere's faster, smarter brother has arrived."

I haven't read this. It resides on my to-read list. However, I want to just say this: one-upping Gaiman with a relatively unknown author is both unfair to the author and to the book, because it comes off sounding pretentious. It makes me want to remove this book from my to-read list. And so, to whoever wrote that in the blurb? Kindly knock it the fuck off. You're doing a disservice to authors everywhere.
 
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lyrrael | 20 outras críticas | Aug 3, 2023 |
For me, the highlight of Sixty-One Nails was the way Mike Shevdon linked the plot line with an ancient ceremony that is still taking place in current day London. I found this to be quite interesting. Although I found it a bit slow at times and a little repetitive, the story was fantastic!!! As Niall is supposed to be the main focus of the story and readers are viewing the whole story through his eyes, he seemed to be a bit too laid back. His reactions to the events that are happening to him and the changes around him came across as indifferent. He understood and came to grips with his power a little too quickly for my liking. This may be a result of the fact that I found Blackbird's character to be more interesting then Niall. Maybe the author intended it to be so... I am looking forward to the trials Rabbit and Blackbird will face in The Road to Bedlam.… (mais)
 
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AylaJayne | 20 outras críticas | Apr 21, 2023 |

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Obras
4
Membros
1,020
Popularidade
#25,253
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
34
ISBN
23
Línguas
1
Marcado como favorito
2

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