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Theft of swords
Michael J. Sullivan
2011 · Fantasy
How it reads
Theft of swords is fantasy (swashbuckling fantasy, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.
It's set in an invented world, in no single period, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are friendship, redemption and secrets. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.
It opens a series. The ending resolves happily. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something adventurous
- you want a book that pulls you through
- you want an escape
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or melancholy
- you want dense, lingering prose
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- fantasy
- Author gender
- male
- Author experience
- established
- Setting: place
- fictional world
- Setting: time
- timeless or multiple
- Mood / feeling
- adventurous
- Pace
- fast paced
- Tone / weight
- light and escapist
- Length
- medium
- Narrative style
- third person, several viewpoints
- Publication era
- recent
- Popularity
- moderately known
- Series vs standalone
- first in a series
- Themes
- friendship, redemption, secrets
- Ending style
- resolved and happy
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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