Official Review: DragonGate by Sam Venstone

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l Review: DragonGate by Sam Venstone

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Review was excellently written!! Its one of the very few reviews who instanstly give you the sense of the content being mentioned. Well, the books seems truly interesting stuff to read. Theme is well made and thought out!
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For those of us looking for a new massive, High fantasy novel, this sounds like it would be right up our alley. There are many components Brewing together for an excellent tale.
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The storyline of Sam Venstone's fantasy narrative, DragonGate, sounds interesting. But, this genre is just not within my reading interest. I think the review is fine!
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One of my biggest pet peeves is similar sounding names! I don’t think this one is something I’d enjoy, but thanks for the review!
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Wow, such an array of strange names. Thanks for the insightful review. Too bad the story is so 'male-centric'. Well done to the author for providing appendices which serve as a guide to the names of the gods, goddesses, languages and so on used in the story.
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I can see what you mean by confusing names! Otherwise sounds like a good read.
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Thanks for the informative and interesting review. I really think that I'm going to enjoy this book. It's a pity that the story is so male character focused, and that the females are lesser characters, but if the story is good I think I can let it slide this time. I will admit I'm sure the names will drive me crazy though. LOL
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A wonderful epic fantasy novel full of adventure, dragons, magic and friendship.
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I tried the sample and found it overwhelming. So many characters to keep track of. I wonder why the first dragon had to start as a lizard then mysteriously grow to 100 feet. Character development?
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I havent read a dragon story in a while(GOT doesnt count). Eragon was my favourite growing up. This sound cool. ?
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Thats is a good novel..i love it. Nice fantasy novel....
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Although I usually prefer a modern setting for fantasy novels, I think I’ll give this book a try, since you wrote such a positive review. Thank you for pointing out the two issues, but if the writing is as refined and balanced as you said, they shouldn’t be too much of a problem to me. I hope I’ll enjoy the book as much as you did.
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It is disappointing that female characters were not developed much. I do like the adventure of this book and the fact that it has a message. Thanks for the review.
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I love dragons and usually enjoy tales of adventures. But this sounds like one I might have an issue with if there's not really any developing female characters, and if the names are confusing.
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This book itself sounds interesting. However, it’s hard for me to enjoy a book with characters that have difficult names to pronounce.
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