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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 8385027" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p><strong>#137 The Jewel of Turmish by Mel Odom (Cities 3) </strong></p><p><strong>Read 25/8/21 to 27/8/21</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]142867[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Well, for a good while I thought this was going to be a great novel, but... it kinda petered out at the end, or else the end was just all a little to easily wrapped up, and the death to the pollinators bit... just, silly. It seemed as if the author had saddled himself with the hive of whatnot hoo-ha, the five separated gems could have been oh so much more. Likewise, with the advent of the Werespider and all of the other stuff after then... I was suddenly much less interested.</p><p></p><p>I get fantasy is fantasy, and anything goes, but the other stuff Mel Odom was doing at the start of the novel was just... fantastic, I would have settled for a bit of rising tension and more of the same, please.</p><p></p><p>The opening sequences- the uncovering of the Mohrg's ice-coffin by the kids, and the wolf hunters in the wild initial interactions with Haarn were just... magnificent.</p><p></p><p>The thieving street kid gang, and their ultimate demise- that was horrible, as in horror- there have been a few novels in this collection that have tried for nasty and have not got anywhere near the scenes here. It's terrifying in places, but you know... can't look away, must keep reading.</p><p></p><p>Samey-same for when Haarn meets Druz (and her associates). Haarn is the world's greatest druid- he is superfly, the hard core anti-hero and he tells it like it is.</p><p></p><p>Then, well- as stated above, much more of the same with the hunting of the alpha kid-killer wolf- loved all this. At one point I had to put the book down and go do something else instead- I wanted to savour it, rather than just race through it in a day or two (I savoured it over three days).</p><p></p><p>But then we get to Alaghon, and the Mohrg, Borran Klosk tips up with his army and it's all a bit (a lot) like the something I've read here before (Threat from the Sea?).</p><p></p><p>I'm not really sure why the story loses its grip on me, at the start it was darker, grimmer, grimier, and more focussed on the bad ass heroes and what's going on with them. I think it would have worked better if the author had another 100 pages to play with (although that's an obvious thing to say).</p><p></p><p>Borran Klosk promises to be oh so terrifying but at the end he slinks into the sewers, talks a lot about all the bad he's going to do, and then gets schooled by a bear, a druid and a sellsword.</p><p></p><p>Not even, some protection spell that Haarn cast on one-fifth of the magical mcguffin and- BANG!</p><p></p><p>Underwhelming.</p><p></p><p>I think the big bad needed to make better choices, and the hive of whatnot (mcguffin) needed to have other/better powers, the threat seemed a bit silly in the end.</p><p></p><p>Read, so close to being great.</p><p></p><p>Stay safe and well.</p><p></p><p>Cheers goonalan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 8385027, member: 16069"] [B]#137 The Jewel of Turmish by Mel Odom (Cities 3) Read 25/8/21 to 27/8/21[/B] [ATTACH type="full" width="184px"]142867[/ATTACH] Well, for a good while I thought this was going to be a great novel, but... it kinda petered out at the end, or else the end was just all a little to easily wrapped up, and the death to the pollinators bit... just, silly. It seemed as if the author had saddled himself with the hive of whatnot hoo-ha, the five separated gems could have been oh so much more. Likewise, with the advent of the Werespider and all of the other stuff after then... I was suddenly much less interested. I get fantasy is fantasy, and anything goes, but the other stuff Mel Odom was doing at the start of the novel was just... fantastic, I would have settled for a bit of rising tension and more of the same, please. The opening sequences- the uncovering of the Mohrg's ice-coffin by the kids, and the wolf hunters in the wild initial interactions with Haarn were just... magnificent. The thieving street kid gang, and their ultimate demise- that was horrible, as in horror- there have been a few novels in this collection that have tried for nasty and have not got anywhere near the scenes here. It's terrifying in places, but you know... can't look away, must keep reading. Samey-same for when Haarn meets Druz (and her associates). Haarn is the world's greatest druid- he is superfly, the hard core anti-hero and he tells it like it is. Then, well- as stated above, much more of the same with the hunting of the alpha kid-killer wolf- loved all this. At one point I had to put the book down and go do something else instead- I wanted to savour it, rather than just race through it in a day or two (I savoured it over three days). But then we get to Alaghon, and the Mohrg, Borran Klosk tips up with his army and it's all a bit (a lot) like the something I've read here before (Threat from the Sea?). I'm not really sure why the story loses its grip on me, at the start it was darker, grimmer, grimier, and more focussed on the bad ass heroes and what's going on with them. I think it would have worked better if the author had another 100 pages to play with (although that's an obvious thing to say). Borran Klosk promises to be oh so terrifying but at the end he slinks into the sewers, talks a lot about all the bad he's going to do, and then gets schooled by a bear, a druid and a sellsword. Not even, some protection spell that Haarn cast on one-fifth of the magical mcguffin and- BANG! Underwhelming. I think the big bad needed to make better choices, and the hive of whatnot (mcguffin) needed to have other/better powers, the threat seemed a bit silly in the end. Read, so close to being great. Stay safe and well. Cheers goonalan [/QUOTE]
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