Arm of the Sphinx: Book Two of the Books of Babel
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That's an addictive series... just one more chapter.. ok just one more :) Also one of the best audiobook narrators out there, too bad he only does Warhammer 40k audiobooks. Would really like to listen to more mainstream audiobooks by him.
That's an addictive series... just one more chapter.. ok just one more :) Also one of the best audiobook narrators out there, too bad he only does Warhammer 40k audiobooks. Would really like to listen to more mainstream audiobooks by him.
This was a fun and solid sequel! It took me a little while to get into it, but eventually it became a page-turner. What really captivates me, beside the fact, that Josiah Bancrofts books make me laugh, is the world building. The tower itself is a bag of oddities and sursprises, that keeps the novelty vibes through every ringdom. The colorful side-characters, the changes our MCs go through - it is all written with genuinity and compassion. Arm of the Sphinx turns its gaze on the side-characters, we get to see more of Edith and finally get some answers to the mysteries, that happened to her in Senlin Ascends. Tom is, for the most part, absent, from the story - working on one aspect of the macro plot. I really enjoyed the character development, so it didn't bother me that it had a particular direction it had to go in. Bancroft moves his characters like chess pieces. By the end of the book each one is in the perfect place and state of mind they have to be, to shoulder what is coming. The pace is dragging in places, which hopefully improves in The Hod King. But I liked the change in tone and mood. As a contrast to the light-hearted, adventurous, somewhat macabre spirit of the escapades in the lower ringdoms, things now take grave and foreboding turns. The cliff-hanger left me speechless! Can't wait for The Hod King!
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That's an addictive series... just one more chapter.. ok just one more :) Also one of the best audiobook narrators out there, too bad he only does Warhammer 40k audiobooks. Would really like to listen to more mainstream audiobooks by him.
That's an addictive series... just one more chapter.. ok just one more :) Also one of the best audiobook narrators out there, too bad he only does Warhammer 40k audiobooks. Would really like to listen to more mainstream audiobooks by him.
This was a fun and solid sequel! It took me a little while to get into it, but eventually it became a page-turner. What really captivates me, beside the fact, that Josiah Bancrofts books make me laugh, is the world building. The tower itself is a bag of oddities and sursprises, that keeps the novelty vibes through every ringdom. The colorful side-characters, the changes our MCs go through - it is all written with genuinity and compassion. Arm of the Sphinx turns its gaze on the side-characters, we get to see more of Edith and finally get some answers to the mysteries, that happened to her in Senlin Ascends. Tom is, for the most part, absent, from the story - working on one aspect of the macro plot. I really enjoyed the character development, so it didn't bother me that it had a particular direction it had to go in. Bancroft moves his characters like chess pieces. By the end of the book each one is in the perfect place and state of mind they have to be, to shoulder what is coming. The pace is dragging in places, which hopefully improves in The Hod King. But I liked the change in tone and mood. As a contrast to the light-hearted, adventurous, somewhat macabre spirit of the escapades in the lower ringdoms, things now take grave and foreboding turns. The cliff-hanger left me speechless! Can't wait for The Hod King!