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Cień utraconego świata

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4.06 AVERAGE

efael's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

caitib01's review against another edition

4.5

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rain_97's review against another edition

3.0

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

drevander51's review against another edition

3.0

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I really struggled with the Davian chapters. not sure if I'll continue.

l0gi's review against another edition

5.0

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ryanklynn's review against another edition

4.5

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

curiousigor's review against another edition

5.0

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possessdbychaos's review against another edition

5.0

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

stuartnielson's review against another edition

5.0

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Fate.

itsising's review against another edition

4.25

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Don't get me wrong... I know The Will of the Many is a better written book from a technical standpoint. I accept that. This was a much more interesting story. 

There are plenty of times when you can tell this is a new writer and a first published book -- repetitive descriptions, clunky time/location jumps, McGuffins (plural) -- but I was interested in the characters from the beginning, and it was really easy to convince myself I should just read one* more chapter.  (* "one more" rarely meant only one more)

(I will say that I thought John Gwynne's Malice was better in almost all phases with fairly similar plot points.)