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Threshold
Threshold | Sara Douglass
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Over the hot southern land of Ashdod looms the shadow of Threshold, a massive pyramid which the Magi of Ashdod are building to propel themselves into Infinity, a plane of existence that holds the promise of technological magics and supposedly unimaginable power. For decades, thousands of slaves have lost their lives in the construction of this edifice. Now that this construction is almost complete, the Magi need only to add the finishing touches, and they will let nothing stand in the way of achieving their desire. The Master of the Magi, a young and ambitious man, ready to do anything for power, sees the glassworker slave Tirzah as a plaything, a trifle to relieve the tensions of the day. He senses that under her placid faade Tirzah is hiding something, but try as he may to see beneath her surface, she remains an enigma. What he does not know is that her secret is the knowledge of forbidden magic. That she senses the inherent power in glass and can communicate with it-and that the glass in Threshold screams to her in pain. For it knows what neither Tirzah nor any of the Magi suspect. That something waits in Infinity, watching, biding its time, and when the final glass plate is laid and the capstone cemented in blood, it plans to use Threshold to step from Infinity into Ashdod...
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xicanti
Threshold | Sara Douglass
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I‘ve spent the last seventy-three thousand days reading THRESHOLD. It‘s weird; I like it enough that I don‘t want to bail, but I can‘t seem to sit down and READ it. What should‘ve been a 2-3 day book has become a 5-6 day book.

Argh. I hate reading slowly. I‘ll definitely end up rating it lower than I would‘ve if it‘d taken me those 2-3 days instead of the better part of a week.

Graywacke Your pup looks suitably annoyed for you. 🙂 2y
xicanti @Graywacke he‘s an excellent proxy. 2y
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SpiderGoddess
Threshold | Sara Douglass
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I've crossed a threshold.

#2000

Texreader Yes!! Way to go!! 🎉🎊 3y
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K.Wielechowski
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Threshold is a book I reread every few years and I enjoy its magic every time. While there are a few things in Douglas‘ writing style that annoy me (arbitrary exclamation points and missing/barely-there character reactions - opposites I know) she is still an amazing storyteller and Tirzah‘s journey from free-woman to slave to Elemental Cantomancer will entrance me every time.

RaimeyGallant Nice review. :) 5y
K.Wielechowski Thank you! 5y
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bookworm.krizia
Threshold | Sara Douglass
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It was an okay book. The first half was really good and exciting. I really loved the Tirzah - Yaqob - Boaz love triangle. The plot was also exciting. But after Tirzah and Boaz got together and the evil from Threshold was released everything went downhill. The second part was kind of boring. Maybe editing the second part would make the story better. This is for mature readers who also loves young adult fantasy books.