The Forgetting Moon
Written by Brian Lee Durfee
Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds
4/5
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About this audiobook
Brian Lee Durfee
Brian Lee Durfee is an artist and writer raised in Fairbanks, Alaska, and Monroe, Utah. He has done illustrations for Wizards of the Coast, Middle-Earth Enterprises, Dungeons & Dragons, Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust (Denali National Park), and many more. His art has been featured in SPECTRUM 3: Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art and L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Vol IX. He won the Arts for the Parks Grand Canyon Award and has a painting in the permanent collection of the Grand Canyon Visitors Center-Kolb Studio. Brian has written one epic horror novel along with the fantasy series, Five Warrior Angels. He lives in Salt Lake City.
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Reviews for The Forgetting Moon
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Readers find this title to be an incredible epic fantasy with amazing characters. While there were a few slow moments and some disappointment with the ending, overall the book is great with a captivating story.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I don’t give out 5 star ratings for many books but this one deserves it.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent first volume of an epic fantasy. Very,very brutal in places. Brian Lee Durfee has a brilliant YouTube channel where he reviews a lot of different books. It has a wide range as well as often being very funny. You would never guess he would write like this. One of his favourite authors is Tad Williams and you can see it in this - TW was exactly who the writing style reminded me of and luckily I love TW.Hope to progress on to 2nd book soon.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great book. There a few times it felt a little slow and not enough story development. I was sorely disappointed with the ending. I was hoping for something much more grand. I felt like after all the time spent on the book I certainly felt unsatisfied. Great characters and story.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Incredible plot. AMAZING characters. This is how epic fantasy should be!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/51*-10* The Forgetting Moon is an 8* read.
Talk about an epic fantasy!
The good -
An awesome debut book.
Fairly well written.
Long but with a steady supply of action.
Twists and turns.
Interesting characters.
Interesting story.
Hints of much more to come.
The "meh"-
Some things are fairly predictable.
There are a few actions that stretch the "I can believe this" aspect.
Religious extremism irks me, though it's key for the story.
It's a story with a Northern European core that seems to toss in an Oriental flair, and the two clash. I suspect later books will show a reason for this odd mashup.
Overall I found this book to be a really enjoyable read, it had a little bit of grimdark'ish flare at times, though it isn't as rough on a readers soul as one might find Abercrombie or Erikson.
I've seen some say that the book is bloated and could use some reduction in size. Yes, it's long, however it really didn't give me a feeling of being padded, everything for the most part was useful and had a part to play.
Bring on book #2!!!