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daemocaf 's review for:
Elric of Melniboné
by Michael Moorcock
A friend recommended Moorcock's Elric to me a long time ago. I tried reading this book back then and didn't "get" what he saw it. A few years ago my sister's godmother gave me the collected works of Elric so I tried again. Still didn't get what my friend saw in the book. It seemed to me a rough outline for a great idea.
Then it dawned on me. My friend loves Moorcock's writing style but can't stand Stephen King's style. They are almost completely opposite in styles. King describes damn near everything. Moorcock barely tells you anything.
He found a badass sword. He killed people invading his homeland. He wandered. He did stuff. He killed some things. In his lack of telling you anything I felt absolutely no reason to care about Elric, the world, or whatever the story may have been.
Then it dawned on me. My friend loves Moorcock's writing style but can't stand Stephen King's style. They are almost completely opposite in styles. King describes damn near everything. Moorcock barely tells you anything.
He found a badass sword. He killed people invading his homeland. He wandered. He did stuff. He killed some things. In his lack of telling you anything I felt absolutely no reason to care about Elric, the world, or whatever the story may have been.