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TGRF's Reviews
Reviews/Critiques of books (and possibly movies), from a writer's perspective.
TGRF Reviews: The Bands of Mourning
I finished reading the third book in the Wax and Wayne series a few days ago, and now that my thoughts have had some time to congeal, I want to get to the review.
Ratings:
5: Amazing, above flawless.
4: Flawless, but doesn't really stand out.
3...
TGRF Reviews: Shadows of Self
I recently completed the second installment in the Wax and Wayne series, the sequel series to the Mistborn books. At this point I've read both the Mistborn trilogy and the four Stormlight Archive books, and while I like the Stormlight setting more, I feel that...
TGRF Reviews: the Alloy of Law
I was able to get my hands on the continuation of the Mistborn world - the Wax and Wayne series - over Christmas, and was able to sit down and read the relatively short first book recently. I wanted to get my thoughts down before I started the second book...
TGRF Reviews: Rhythm of War
Yesterday I finished Rhythm of War, the fourth book in the Stormlight Archive. My past reviews of these books have been somewhat on the negative side, but I feel like this is probably the best book so far.
As I did last time, I will break the book into sections...
TGRF Reviews: Oathbringer
Yesterday, I finished Oathbringer, book 3 in the Stormlight Archive. Since book 4 is already in my possession, I didn't want to waste much time getting to the review of book 3. So let's hop to it.
Ratings:
5: Amazing, above flawless.
4: Flawless, but doesn't...
TGRF Reviews: Edgedancer
I generally read whatever introductory material there is before a story, and I'm glad I do so, because the introduction to the third book in the Stormlight Archive, Oathbringer, contained a suggestion to read a short novella which took place between books two and...
I finished book two of The Stormlight Archive yesterday, which means it's time for another review. When I started reading the book, I intended to review each part individually as I did for TWOK. However, book two felt far more cohesive than TWOK did, and for that reason, I decided to simply...
I have today finished The Way of Kings, and since I plan on diving straight into the second book, I wanted to go ahead and review it. Normally I would let my thoughts sit for a few days (or try to at least), but with TWOK, I've been writing this review in my head for a while now, helped no doubt...
I had assumed that the fourth part of The Way of Kings was the final part, but now that I've finished it, it appears I was wrong. There is a final part five, which looks to be quite short, and feature everyone, including Szeth (which I'm definitely excited about). Since it's short, and since...
I've completed the third part of The Way of Kings today, meaning it's finally time to unleash the review. This part was pretty long, and I've been itching to review it for awhile.
Title: The Way of Kings (part 3)
Author: Brandon Sanderson
After my less-than-awed reviews of the first two...
I've recently finished part 2 of The Way of Kings, and since I've decided it will be easier to review the individual sections as I read them, I'll continue with part 2.
Title: The Way of Kings
Author: Brandon Sanderson
As usual, I'll reserve my rating for when I've completed the whole...
After a rocky opening, I have returned to reading The Way of Kings. I have started over, in an attempt to be sure I'm viewing everything in an even light. And now the time has come to review the first two parts.
Now this isn't going to be a normal review. Usually, I would read an entire...
Welcome to another review, this time of a movie. I've reviewed movies before, but never broken them down and rated every part, opting instead to focus on one aspect. This will be a full review, because this movie certainly deserves it.
I've seen Train to Busan twice, and each time I was...
I recently finished the final book in the Mistborn trilogy, so it's time to get down to the review.
Out of the trilogy, I feel like this book was definitely the best one. Sanderson kept up some unique style choices throughout the series, and in this book they started to pay off big time...
I finished the second book in the Mistborn trilogy yesterday, and after letting my thoughts gel a bit, I want to get down to the review.
On the whole, I think I definitely liked the first book better. It just felt more... cohesive. It felt more structured, in a good way. But I'll get more...
I read the SYLO books back in... I can't even remember when. A few years back. I hadn't read anything recently at the time, and possessed by a sudden urge to do so, I perused the fiction shelves of the local library, looking for likely titles. The one that I ended up checking out was SYLO, by D...
I've decided to start another series of blogs, for the purpose of reviewing/critiquing stories (and possibly movies) I've read. I don't read as much as I should these days, but when I do finish up a good fiction book, I often feel like sharing my thoughts on it. So that's what this is for. There...