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Dan Jolley

Författare till S.C.E.: Some Assembly Required {omnibus}

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Verk av Dan Jolley

S.C.E.: Some Assembly Required {omnibus} (2003) — Bidragsgivare — 165 exemplar
Angel Omnibus Volume 1 (2008) — Författare — 79 exemplar
JSA: The Liberty Files (2000) 78 exemplar
Aliens Omnibus, Volume 2 (2007) 73 exemplar
My Boyfriend Bites (2011) — Författare — 59 exemplar
The Emerald Tablet (2016) 42 exemplar
House of Teeth (2019) 39 exemplar
Doctor Strange: The Flight of Bones (2016) — Författare — 32 exemplar
Wrapped Up in You (2012) 31 exemplar
Obergeist: The Director's Cut (2002) 29 exemplar
The Time Travel Trap (2008) 28 exemplar
Angel: Spotlight (2007) 27 exemplar
Alien Incident on Planet J (2008) 27 exemplar
Escape from Pyramid X (2007) 19 exemplar
Vampire Hunt (2008) 17 exemplar
The Shadow City (2017) 15 exemplar
Shipwrecked on Mad Island (2009) 13 exemplar
JLA: Gods & Monsters (2001) 12 exemplar
Attack of the Mutant Meteors (2010) 11 exemplar
The Crimson Serpent (2018) 10 exemplar
Prototype 2 (2012) 8 exemplar
JSA: The Liberty File #2 (2000) 7 exemplar
G.I. Joe/Transformers, Volume 2 (2012) — Författare — 7 exemplar
JSA: The Liberty File #1 (2000) 6 exemplar
Priest: Purgatory (2011) 6 exemplar
Voltron Complete Omnibus (2008) 4 exemplar
Aliens: Colonial Marines #9 (1994) 4 exemplar
The Runemaster Homicide (2021) 3 exemplar
LARP! Volume 1 (2015) 3 exemplar
Aliens: Colonial Marines #10 (1994) 3 exemplar
Hell, Michigan #1 (2005) 1 exemplar
Hell, Michigan #2 (2005) 1 exemplar
Star Wars Tales #2 (1999) 1 exemplar
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4 (2004) — Författare — 1 exemplar
Med hjerte for klanen (2018) 1 exemplar
The Black-Horned Grave (2023) 1 exemplar
The Storm (2018) 1 exemplar
The mummy (1991) 1 exemplar
Voltron #0 (Volume 1) (2003) 1 exemplar

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Warriors: Warrior's Return (2008) — Författare — 374 exemplar
Warriors: Winds of Change (Warriors Graphic Novel) (2021) — Författare — 100 exemplar
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Seekers: Kallik's Adventure (Seekers Manga) (2011) — Illustratör — 42 exemplar
Warriors: A Thief in ThunderClan (Warriors Graphic Novel, 4) (2023) — Författare — 22 exemplar

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Födelsedag
1971
Kön
male
Nationalitet
USA
Bostadsorter
Georgia, USA
Utbildning
University of Georgia

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The Runemaster Homicide is a great blend of fantasy and mystery. The first book in a series, this one focuses on developing the characters and their relationships as well as building the world and its peoples so you get a sense of the political and religious systems that are creating conflict and how this impacts our heroes. While the opening scene was fascinating, I did think it took a while for the mystery itself to get going, but once it did, the story moved along quickly, throwing twists and turns along the reader's path that were interesting and significant to future books.

First of all, I thought the plot moved along rather quickly and was really engaging, even the slower section at the beginning. To be honest, I didn't fully understand what the earlier section had to do with what happened later other than to introduce a bit of Nysska's character into the story as well as introduce the way consequences work in this society, which was quite brutal. I thought the rune-based magic was interesting and liked the concept of how the runes were used in every day life as well as for solving crimes. But what I found particularly interesting in this story was the way the author used it to question belief systems that have been held for hundreds of years as Nysska's team members grappled with developments in the magic system they have never seen before, developments that were going to turn their entire worlds upside down. For so long, the rules were just the rules and people obeyed them through fear of the consequences, and even Nysska's team leader had difficulty grasping new concepts or new ways of investigating. I thought this was fascinating.

There were many themes in this book, but two the author began to explore, and ones I think will be explored in future books, are ageism and ableism. People who can't work have no use to society and are ostracized, living in squalor, setting up the perfect setting for revolution and resistance. Ignoring those who are disabled as well as devaluing the elderly as contributing members of a society can be any culture's downfall, and I look forward to exploring more of this. To be honest, I wasn't prepared for this in this book, and loved this development.

The characters were interesting although it was definitely Nysska who had the most development. She was strong and powerful, but definitely had a softer side to her which made her empathetic and relatable. I did think there was too much secrecy surrounding Nysska and while I don't object to some things kept hidden as it helps with plot development, I am not necessarily a fan of keeping everything a secret as I didn't feel as empathetic towards the characters as I should have, and began to dote on the two cats, Flax and Jax, instead. So, while I found the other characters interesting, I wasn't completely invested in them. However, I was invested in those cats!!!!

Verdict
The Runemaster Homicide was an interesting blend of fantasy and mystery, and the author created a tale that was suspenseful and fascinating. I like the world-building and thought the character development was good, but perhaps allowing the reader to know the characters a bit better would be beneficial. There were some good twists and turns, even a few that caught me off guard, and overall, I enjoyed the story tremendously. I am looking forward to sinking my teeth into book 2, The Black-Horned Grave.
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StephanieBN | Oct 4, 2023 |
 
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freixas | Mar 31, 2023 |
Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
 
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fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |
I enjoyed this manga a lot. It was fun returning to the first series with tidbits about what happened in the other clans outside of thunder clan. I cannot wait for more stories about the clans in novel or manga format.
 
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Aya666 | Aug 12, 2022 |

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98
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Medlemmar
1,565
Popularitet
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½ 3.6
Recensioner
61
ISBN
201
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5
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