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bungaku_shoujo's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 გაფლანგულ პოტენციალში :(
როგორც ვიცი ზელაზნი საერთოდ არ აპირებდა ამის გამოქვეყნებას და ეტყობა რომ არაა ბოლომდე დასრულებული და კარგად შეკრული წიგნი. პირველი ნახევარი განსაკუთრებით ცუდად იკითხებოდა (ან მიჩვევა გამიჭირდა) მაგრამ ბოლოში ამოქაჩა შედარებით.
Lord of Light-თან ვერ მოვა ახლოს ნამდვილად
როგორც ვიცი ზელაზნი საერთოდ არ აპირებდა ამის გამოქვეყნებას და ეტყობა რომ არაა ბოლომდე დასრულებული და კარგად შეკრული წიგნი. პირველი ნახევარი განსაკუთრებით ცუდად იკითხებოდა (ან მიჩვევა გამიჭირდა) მაგრამ ბოლოში ამოქაჩა შედარებით.
Lord of Light-თან ვერ მოვა ახლოს ნამდვილად
nikkibee's review against another edition
2.0
In a word: confusing. The book is written in scenes that don't really seem to connect, barring the characters themselves. Characters who are hard to care for with how often the books chops around them. It kind of takes away the enjoyment of the story. The scenes are mostly well written but there are a few which are hazy, through lack of care or on purpose I'm not sure.
I've read that Zelazny was never intending for this to be published so maybe that is the reason in the different in quality but certainly if I had read this book first, I wouldn't have read lord of light.
I've read that Zelazny was never intending for this to be published so maybe that is the reason in the different in quality but certainly if I had read this book first, I wouldn't have read lord of light.
kaylynn's review against another edition
3.0
This book combined elements of Zelazny at his best and at his worst. I probably won't reread it, but I don't regret having read it.
leecalliope's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this. I liked the way he played with different forms. At times I had some trouble following what was going on with all of the characters, but I wasn't trying very hard, and I definitely was able to follow the action. It is beautifully written, and I really enjoyed the ambiguity of setting? It was a very traditional sort of fable with elements of a very modern/futuristic setting thrown in, which I thought was pretty cool.
sciphi's review against another edition
2.0
A jumble of acid-trip descriptions explaining an amalgam of Egyptian mythology and chrono-cosmic paradoxes, with a faint hint of an epic plot buried beneath.
If the above makes no sense to you, then I've perhaps done this book fair service.
I came for the concept of Temporal Fugue combat which takes up about three pages in the middle of the book, and is otherwise only alluded to in passing.
There are more than a few clever lines, and some sparkling scenes, especially the one where the entrails-discerning oracle critiques the reading his rival offers from his own fresh-spilled offal.
'Lord of Light' is much better, as are even the worst of the Amber books, but reading bad Zelazny will still stretch your brain.
If the above makes no sense to you, then I've perhaps done this book fair service.
I came for the concept of Temporal Fugue combat which takes up about three pages in the middle of the book, and is otherwise only alluded to in passing.
There are more than a few clever lines, and some sparkling scenes, especially the one where the entrails-discerning oracle critiques the reading his rival offers from his own fresh-spilled offal.
'Lord of Light' is much better, as are even the worst of the Amber books, but reading bad Zelazny will still stretch your brain.
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