I read a lot. Like, a lot. I definitely get my money's worth out of Amazon's Kindle Unlimited. So I thought it would be fun to start reviewing the books I read. Mostly sci-fi/fantasy genre fiction, so don't be disappointed if you don't find abstruse prose in the demesne of my literary sights. See how annoying that is?
These reviews are not about the plot of the story. I guess they are meta-reviews about whether the book is worth reading or not. It's more about the experience of reading the book rather than the story itself.
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OK, on to the review.
The dust jacket:
Martin’s efforts to unite the people of Copsis against the imminent coming of the invaders continue. With more pyramids, generators, obelisks and specialized units under his control (as well as the ability to absorb the souls of the fallen and drain the chi from his surroundings), Martin is getting more powerful than ever. However, he’s still a long ways from achieving the mission for which he was transformed into a core.
If he thought that the hardest part was done when he managed to protect the Emirate of Ma’an from the cartels and keep the Ren Empire from destroying him, he’s sorely mistaken! No sooner has he made peace with the League of Merchants than two even bigger threats emerge. Martin now has to deal with a bloodthirsty Shogun who possesses an army of powerful samurai, as well as a Maharaja with an equally impressive force made of prana-enhanced warriors.
The new techniques Martin will discover as he engages these new foes, suffers heavy losses and ultimately learns from them could make all the difference in the end. But he has to remain careful. As he keeps absorbing more souls to fuel his power, his own soul is getting increasingly more tainted. Martin starts to behave differently and to lose touch with his humanity.
To become powerful enough to defeat the invaders, will Martin have to become the very monster he intended to repel?
Transcript:
so this is the review for archeologist
warlord book - the kind of quasi dungeon
core thing so Martin's ever two efforts
to unite the people of copses against
the imminent incoming the invaders
continue with more appearance of pyramid
generators obelisks and specialized
units under his control as well as the
ability to absorb the soul of the Fallen
and drain the Chi from his surroundings
Martin is getting more powerful than
ever over he's still a long way from
achieving the mission for which he was
transformed into a core if he thought
that the hardest part was done when he
managed to protect the emirate of my on
from the cartels and keep the rent
Empire from destroying him he's sorely
mistaken no sooner has he made peace
with the League of merchants than the
two then two even bigger threats emerge
Martin now has to deal with a
bloodthirsty Shogun who possesses an
army of powerful samurai as well as a
Maharaja with an equally impressive
force made of prana enhanced warriors
the new techniques Martin will discover
as he engages these new foes suffer
heavy sufferers heavy losses and
ultimately learns from them could make
all the difference in the end but he has
to remain careful as he keeps absorbing
more souls to feel his power his own
soul is getting increasingly more
tainted Martin starts to behave
differently and to lose touch with his
humanity to become powerful enough to
defeat the invaders will Martin have to
become the very monster he intended to
repel so yeah this is book 2 in the
series I didn't like it as much as book
1 mainly because it's it's so bogged
down in the in the you know politics
basically of it where you know this
faction is fighting against that faction
and he's trying to support one over the
other and you know it's just yeah it's
all right but you know the broader story
of the larger arc of the story is barely
touched at all so yeah I mean kind of a
placeholder as far as I could tell in
the series we'll see what book thief
what book 3 brings as to whether is
worth the trouble or not
Overall rating: Meh