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Aug 21, 2008: (Review written after reading 18 chapters).
I won’t harp on the spelling and grammar mistakes – the other reviews have mentioned them already. The story could do with with an editor, or even a better self-edit by the author – both of which are perfectly achievable, so that’s all I’ll say on the matter.
A year would really help me to figure out the story – it’s obviously far into the future [more . . .]
Nov 27, 2015: When I started reading, I wasn’t sure how into the story I would be able to get. Not even two chapters in and I was hooked. When I had to take breaks, I couldn’t wait to get back to the main story. Before writing this review I read all the chapters up till now (11 chapters), all the side stories, and character pages to get as much information from this world as I could get my hands on.
So first, I [more . . .]