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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
Once again, I have really enjoyed these books. I totally was not expecting Julia to be Mask. It was a good thing that they prevented Jurt from getting that power in the fountain
Ik blijf dezelfde problemen houden. De plot houdt me aan het lezen, maar de karakters interesseren me niet. Ik kan ook maar een paar namen onthouden en dat is toch wel een teken aan de wand.
Dit is een van de weinige series die zo plot driven zijn en me enkel en alleen daardoor boeien.
Dit is een van de weinige series die zo plot driven zijn en me enkel en alleen daardoor boeien.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Some very surprising developments at the end of this volume, I'm hurrying on to the next book in the series. If you are a fantasy fan and haven't read this series you really should give it a try.
My issues from the previous two books remain, however this one has more cool fights in it.
Every time I think I'm done with this series and I'm going to give it up, suddenly along comes an action-packed battle and a wild twist - or at least, that's what happened at the end of this one. It dragged at times, but I enjoyed some of the revelations and the intrigue kept building throughout until it resulted in a major twist at the end. I genuinely did not expect this turn of events and am truly surprised, which is nice. I was thinking that I much preferred the Corwin books to the Merlin books, but this one might sway my preferences...
adventurous
I would probably rate this a 3.5 if I could. For the first half, I wasn’t really into this one for some reason. It was back to Merle summarizing what’s been happening the last two books to everyone he meets, which seems like he has to do almost constantly. And though the idea of LSD causing them to trip unintentionally into crazy shadows is a great one, the scene felt like it went on forever (which is kind of comparative to an actual LSD trip I guess ha). But things picked up once Luke came down from the LSD trip, and it ended on a high note.
Zelazny seems to like describing the walks and travels through shadow, and stretches these out a little farther than necessary. He does the same thing with Merle’s inner monologues sometimes too, though that serves more purpose to explain the story and the character. But I think his strength is in his dialogue. I find myself looking forward to a page of conversation, and dreading one filled with long paragraphs of details. Nonetheless, I still feel that pull to get to the next page.
Zelazny seems to like describing the walks and travels through shadow, and stretches these out a little farther than necessary. He does the same thing with Merle’s inner monologues sometimes too, though that serves more purpose to explain the story and the character. But I think his strength is in his dialogue. I find myself looking forward to a page of conversation, and dreading one filled with long paragraphs of details. Nonetheless, I still feel that pull to get to the next page.
still a good book, but not the best one in the series. Makes sense, it's the slump in the middle