Holy horseshit. That would be my two word review of this book. It was just so dumb and terrible, it’s hard to get angry about – other than I wasted my Sunday reading it. So, it takes place in what seems to be a dystopian version of European pre-Reformation Europe. There are some super-holy ridiculously … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Fantasy
Book review: Elric of Melniboné
God. I’m getting tired of these. Really. Maybe this was good when it was published in the 1970s but god, it’s just…ugh. So, plot: in some mystical land, where everyone is an arrogant, self-entitled, slave-owning bastard – you’re supposed to like this one particular arrogant, self-entitled, slave-owning bastard because he’s got ‘weak blood’ and talks … Continue reading
Book review: Nine Princes in Amber
So Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny is part of a whole suite of novels about a place called Amber. I don’t know if I’m going to bother with the rest. So Amber is the true world, all the rest of the world’s (including this one) are just shadows of Amber (it’s a bit … Continue reading
Book review: Watership Down
Well, it’s been awhile since I read a book from the list as I’ve been busy reading other things. Anyway, here goes. So the plot is that a bunch of rabbits leave their warren after the urging of one of the rabbit’s having a vision of disaster befalling it. After a long arduous journey, they … Continue reading
Book review: Lord Foul’s Bane
I’m torn. I’m torn between naming this as the worst book so far or leaving it with A Spell for Chameleon. It’s probably just below it as it has a more positive view of women…sort of. So the plot. Thomas Covenant has leprosy. He get’s hit by a car and is suddenly in ‘the Land’. … Continue reading
Book review: Pawn of Prophecy
Well. This was boring. But at least it went fast. Plot: Boy is uprooted from everything he knows and is moved about the country/world by his mysterious aunt and her compatriots. THAT’S IT. There’s no resolution! Who writes a book and expects it to do so well that all the interesting stuff will happen in … Continue reading
Book review: Perdido Street Station
So, after a bit of a break, here we are. Another book, another slightly ranty blog post about said book. Beware: spoilers. I want to say I enjoyed this book as it had some lovely ideas and was all imaginative and shit but on balance, I only liked about 45% of it. Like Neal Stephenson, … Continue reading
Book review: A Canticle for Leibowitz
This was a relatively short book (only 338 pages) but because of the way it was structured, it just took me awhile to finish it. It’s split into 3 parts, taking place centuries apart – so basically every 100 pages you have to learn about new characters and what is happening a few centuries down … Continue reading
Book review: The Illustrated Man
Right. This was fucking brilliant and super creepy. The Illustrated Man was written in 1951 and so in some respects shows it’s age a little bit. There is no real plot, it’s a collection of short stories as shown on the back of the Illustrated Man. Another man watches all night as the Illustrated Man’s … Continue reading
Book review: Kushiel’s Dart
Okay, so this book was equal parts intriguing, disturbing and frustrating. I’ve never read 50 Shades of Grey but this kind of felt like the medieval version of it. Okay, probably not like it all and since it’s not on the list, I’m not going to read it! So the plot revolves Phèdre who is … Continue reading
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