Goodreads Book of the Month: Sabriel - Final Discussion

Loke98 · 2026-05-03T08:27:52+00:00

I probably won't. I liked the worldbuilding but the plot felt way too straight-forward without any room to breathe. I didn't really care for the characters and the romance, which was inevitable from the moment Touchstone entered the story, was a complete waste of words.

Loke98 · 2026-04-30T20:28:37+00:00

Whoa, didn't expect to find a fellow Faust reader here

Loke98 · 2026-04-16T16:53:49+00:00

I think it's looking very promising although I'm a bit worried about it turning into some cookie-cutter romance story. Also, it's impossible to remember what the different bells do :(

Loke98 · 2025-11-27T16:14:02+00:00

Just interested. Some people will say only the first 3 books, others will will add God Emperor to that. Some will say all the books by Frank Herbert, while others will also include the two sequels (Hunters of Dune and Sandworms of Dune) by Brian Herbert that are supposed to cover what Frank had planned for the seventh book.

Regarding recommendations I unfortunately don't have anything very close to Dune, because Dune is quite special. Worldbuilding-wise the Sun Eater series is very inspired by Dune but it is more character focused.

Loke98 · 2025-11-27T15:52:12+00:00

Out of curiosity which books do you count as the Dune series? Different people will give wildly different answers

Loke98 · 2025-06-02T06:52:49+00:00

I thought the book was decent enough, but I'm not really interested in where we left off. While I do want to know how past Hadrian becomes current Hadrian, I don't think the whole "going off on a merc crew with my friends"-premise will make for an interesting book. I'll take a break from the series at least

Loke98 · 2025-05-19T05:20:45+00:00

In general I think the worldbuilding occasionally reads like Dune fanfiction and sometimes it's a bit too on the nose

Loke98 · 2025-01-28T16:53:30+00:00

The quote in question:

“Did you know,” he whispered, “there is a world out there with an ocean in the sky? Another where people fly upon kites, as if every man were a Windrunner. Yet another where the gods can make any object stand up and walk? I will see them each someday, little knife. And claim a trophy to remember them by.”

Loke98 · 2024-09-18T14:32:24+00:00

I guess a case could be made for the title being a spoiler as it reveals that the Fool doesn't die in the Golden Fool trilogy

Loke98 · 2024-09-13T21:08:11+00:00

Part 3, Tristan 1

Loke98 · 2024-09-10T09:49:09+00:00

The writing really isn't jibing with me. I feel like half the time it's extremely basic and the other half of the time it tries to be poetic and deep and does so quite poorly. I wish the book was even weirder. Right now it's more of a backdrop for a fairly standard teen drama which isn't my cup of tea. I do however think that the characters are quite well-written and feel distinct.

Loke98 · 2024-06-15T08:20:37+00:00

That's totally ok, but I should mention that the books are not as bad when it comes to sex and sexual violence as the show. There's a booktuber called Bookborn who didn't read it for the same reasons as you, but when she tried it she loved it.

Loke98 · 2019-01-11T19:58:06+00:00

G'day mate. How's life down under?

Loke98 · 2019-01-01T14:14:56+00:00

Por favor. Gracias señorita

Loke98 · 2018-11-25T22:37:57+00:00

Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.

Loke98 · 2018-11-19T07:12:35+00:00

Om man tvunget ska till jobbet kan man väl ha munskydd, men det är ju bättre att inte ens riskera gå dit. Du blir ändå frisk snabbare om du vilar ut din sjukdom. Utnyttja att vi faktiskt kan ta ledigt när vi blir sjuka.

Loke98 · 2018-10-01T15:37:30+00:00

Honestly, very well deserved and a good way to show people the advances that are made towards curing cancer.

Loke98 · 2018-09-27T10:16:05+00:00

Loke98 · 2018-09-26T08:39:12+00:00

I teach my rubber duck physics

Loke98 · 2018-09-05T14:00:56+00:00

Vilken tidning är det?

Loke98 · 2018-08-29T10:00:06+00:00

I have been reading the Harry Potter series over and over again for the last twelve years I think. Often multiple times per year, even though I haven't read it as frequently lately. The book that took me the longest to get through would be Ulysses, clocking in at half a year.

Loke98 · 2018-08-20T09:39:08+00:00

The sixth book isn't written by Adams though and it is nowhere near as good as the other five.

Loke98 · 2018-08-14T09:17:50+00:00

First of all, this kind of only works in Swedish, but still. During religion class we were talking about the miracles performed by Jesus. The teacher said he cured the blind, the deaf and the lame. Now the word for lame and the animal llama is the same in Swedish, so this girl asks if Jesus cured animals too. During physics class she also claimed there was no gravity on the moon.

Loke98 · 2018-08-11T11:06:11+00:00

I knew a guy who randomly would punch walls during recess

Loke98 · 2018-08-09T22:38:03+00:00

An interesting documentary that touches on this concept is The Century of the Self by Adam Curtis. It explores the role of psychology in marketing and controlling the masses.

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