Jim Butcher
Hardcover | Pages: 630 pages Rating: 4.17 | 35501 Users | 3975 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires #1) |
| Author | : | Jim Butcher |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 630 pages |
| Published | : | September 29th 2015 by Roc |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Science Fiction. Steampunk. Fiction. Audiobook. Adventure. Science Fiction Fantasy |
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Jim Butcher, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Dresden Files and the Codex Alera novels, conjures up a new series set in a fantastic world of noble families, steam-powered technology, and magic-wielding warriors… Since time immemorial, the Spires have sheltered humanity, towering for miles over the mist-shrouded surface of the world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses have ruled for generations, developing scientific marvels, fostering trade alliances, and building fleets of airships to keep the peace. Captain Grimm commands the merchant ship, Predator. Fiercely loyal to Spire Albion, he has taken their side in the cold war with Spire Aurora, disrupting the enemy’s shipping lines by attacking their cargo vessels. But when the Predator is severely damaged in combat, leaving captain and crew grounded, Grimm is offered a proposition from the Spirearch of Albion—to join a team of agents on a vital mission in exchange for fully restoring Predator to its fighting glory. And even as Grimm undertakes this dangerous task, he will learn that the conflict between the Spires is merely a premonition of things to come. Humanity’s ancient enemy, silent for more than ten thousand years, has begun to stir once more. And death will follow in its wake…Point Books Toward The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires #1)
| Original Title: | The Aeronaut's Windlass |
| ISBN: | 0451466802 (ISBN13: 9780451466808) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Cinder Spires #1 |
| Characters: | Gwendolyn Margaret Elizabeth Lancaster, Captain Francis Madison Grimm, Benedict Sorellin-Lancaster, Folly, Bridget Tagwynn, Rowl, Efferus Effrenus Ferus |
| Setting: | Spire Albion |
| Literary Awards: | Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) for Fantasy Adventure (2015), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2015) |
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Ratings: 4.17 From 35501 Users | 3975 ReviewsEvaluation Containing Books The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires #1)
Actual review:So I got around to reading the thing. Its, umI think fans of the specific genre would likely like it. I found it slow, with the world hazily imagined, the characters generic in different ways with some POVs more tedious than others, and the overall premise promising in an unfulfilled and unoriginal way. I would say my interest took a steep decline as soon as the plot proper started - the protagonists going off to investigate the source of recent weirdness; Im never convinced enoughOoookkkaaayyy.... I picked this up as soon as it was released, and it sat on my "currently reading shelf" for a while as I finished some library books. I am a huge fan of Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden series. That series is not only my favorite Urban Fantasy series but also simply among my favorite books. Here I can't be quite as enthusiastic as about his Dresden series. I would however (so far at least) say I like it maybe a bit better than his Codex Alera series. Did i need to rate the various
Ooookkkaaayyy.... I picked this up as soon as it was released, and it sat on my "currently reading shelf" for a while as I finished some library books. I am a huge fan of Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden series. That series is not only my favorite Urban Fantasy series but also simply among my favorite books. Here I can't be quite as enthusiastic as about his Dresden series. I would however (so far at least) say I like it maybe a bit better than his Codex Alera series. Did i need to rate the various
Well, that was disappointing. I don't even really know what the plot was. I just liked the cat...
Jim Butcher boldly goes where other have have gone before. For his new epic fantasy series he borrows some fashionable trends and commercially succesful themes and turns them into something not exactly new, but defintely entertaining and fun to delve into. His secondary world is developed vertically instead of horizontally: huge towers, rising miles high into a perennially cloudy sky, each such "Spire" a sovereign nation whose survival depends on its commercial and military fleet of
Reviewed by: Rabid Reads.I finally caved, and started listening to Jim Butchers THE DRESDEN FILES in audio this year, so while Im still busy playing catch-up on that series, I was excited to be able to get in on the ground floor of THE CINDER SPIRES. The humour was not along the same lines as what Ive come to equate with this author, but the world-building and characters were, and two out of three aint bad! And, in all fairness, Rowl probably made this novel 3/3 for cat people, I just cant in
I thoroughly enjoyed The Aeronaut's Windlass, no doubt about it. It was a fast-paced, action-packed, imaginative bit of fiction with a lot of elements that appealed to me. Where Jim Butcher's steampunk(ish) adventure fell a bit short, however, was in terms of characterization and description.The characters here are all genre archetypes, as if Butcher was just going down a list, making sure he checked all the boxes. That's not to say that some of them weren't interesting - I admired Captain Grimm
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