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mw2k's review against another edition
Completely unreadable. Every sentence is convoluted, every piece of dialogue sounds as if uttered by the amateur dramatics club of your local school, or worse - a LARP session out on the fields. Once upon a time Donaldson wrote page-turning and compelling stories. God, he's seemingly forgotten how. I could finish the second book and perhaps I foolishly moved on to this one, with identical results. Who was I kidding?
Do yourself a favour and re-read the first Covenant trilogy or the Mordant's Need duo and revel in what was then sublime writing.
Now...it's just tragic.
Do yourself a favour and re-read the first Covenant trilogy or the Mordant's Need duo and revel in what was then sublime writing.
Now...it's just tragic.
ilanderz's review against another edition
4.0
A gloomy masterpiece, though it took me a few pages to come to that conclusion.
I have always been impressed by Donaldson's craft. Few bring to life such vivid protagonists as Donaldson. Few invoke such a sense of reality. This book didn't disappoint.
Near the beginning I was slightly put off by what I perceived as a staggering display of writerly self-indulgence -- a minute-by-minute play-by-play of characters thoughts and emotions.
But once I figured out what this book was actually about -- for me, at least -- an intense, unflinching look at despair (which shouldn't have come as a surprise, considering it's been a running theme throughout the entire series) I was hooked.
As others have said, not for everyone. But definitely for me.
I have always been impressed by Donaldson's craft. Few bring to life such vivid protagonists as Donaldson. Few invoke such a sense of reality. This book didn't disappoint.
Near the beginning I was slightly put off by what I perceived as a staggering display of writerly self-indulgence -- a minute-by-minute play-by-play of characters thoughts and emotions.
But once I figured out what this book was actually about -- for me, at least -- an intense, unflinching look at despair (which shouldn't have come as a surprise, considering it's been a running theme throughout the entire series) I was hooked.
As others have said, not for everyone. But definitely for me.
hteph's review against another edition
2.0
Did not like the first two books, I'm really not a fan of time-travel and sceptic to the concept of authors writing books to holistically explain their earlier writing ... this series hit both and combined with Donaldsons unforgiving prose
it.just.got.to.frakking.much
When I learned that the ending is also a big letdown I'm just lost the will to continue, it has been sitting on the shelf for ages and mocking me. Now it goes away from my toReadPile (it got marginally lower in height) and probably be donated to charity or something.
it.just.got.to.frakking.much
When I learned that the ending is also a big letdown I'm just lost the will to continue, it has been sitting on the shelf for ages and mocking me. Now it goes away from my toReadPile (it got marginally lower in height) and probably be donated to charity or something.
pkscout's review against another edition
3.0
Not a bad book, but a bit slow until near the end. Sometimes it's hard to read these when so much time is spent on the characters pondering how flawed and broken they are.
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