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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cthulhu's Librarian" data-source="post: 1134218" data-attributes="member: 11064">I think this sums up my major problem with this book. I am one of those who has not finished the book. Originally, while I was reading in the short times I had available to me, I thought my slowness was due to the limited amounts of time I was allowing my self to read. The more I read, however, the more I realized that it wasn't me, it was the writing in the book that was slowing me down. Every time I read a sentance that contained a bastardization of the language, I was stopping and saying "thats just awful writing." When I realized I was doing this on almost every page, I finally put the book down. I wanted to like the book, but it just didn't work for me. I don't mind the recycled plot or stereotypical characters, I've read enough D&D novels and other quick fantasy books to know that sometimes that comes with the territory. Those are the books that I read between the really good books. When I was in highschool, I tried to read McKiernan's Iron Tower trilogy, and was unable to get through the first half of the first book. Reading this, I was struck by the fact that I was having many of the same thoughts as I read this one. The old, familiar fantasy elements, written badly. There certainly is a market for Mr. McKiernan's books, as I can remember selling tons of his books whenever a new one came out at the bookstore I worked in in college. When I worked for HarperPrism, I remember one of our editors pitching a book as "similar in style to Dennis McKiernan" and showing sales figures on his books. He is a bankable author, and has an audience. I guess I'm just not part of it.</blockquote>

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