A review by gladiolus17
The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams

Did not finish book. Stopped at 18%.
I DNF’d because of there was little happening in the beginning. I don’t mind slow paced books, but all I read up until 18% was set-up. That’s fine, but what was it setting up for? I had no idea. 

The stakes were unclear, so I didn’t know why I should keep reading. I suppose the stakes were clear for the king.
After the king’s death, Elias took the throne, and he didn’t seem like a good ruler.
But I was concerned with the main character Simon. He didn’t seem affected at all by the royal events, and his POV just seemed to be a filter for the author to set up worldbuilding and stumble upon happenings at court.

The writing itself was great, don’t get me wrong. But I guess negative things are easier to write about.

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