nnikif 's review for:

Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny

3.0

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Maybe I'm just not used to this kind of thing, but for me this book lacked colour and depth. Tens of thousands die, and that's just something that's stated, but not felt in any way, just boring statistics. Of course, that's partly the point, the book being told from a semi-god's point of view, but it also feels like author's weakness. Like a computer game, long before computer games became a thing, this one renders the main characters clearly enough, but all the rest is painted with the broadest brush, it's all just a lifeless background, not lived-in in any way.
That said, I can't swear I won't be reading any more of this stuff, the action, though pretty basic, seems engaging enough.