finalcut 's review for:

The Thousand Names by Django Wexler

4.0

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I really enjoyed this book. The writing was good and the plot pacing felt great. I also generally liked the characters and the world that Django built for them to inhabit.

I like that Wexler has some unusual protagonists; such as Winter - a woman hiding as a man in the Army. Her situation provides for some interesting dynamics with the other characters. I also like the fact that, for the most part, people are achieving their objectives through the use of sound strategy and not magical intervention.

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However, the military campaign featured in the novel seemed far too easy. I had hoped for better tactics by the "enemy"

There are a lot of interesting bits and pieces of the world still to explore, discover, and understand in future volumes but this one did a good job of telling the story it set out to tell.

I've already bought the second book in the series and begun reading it.