developher 's review for:

Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey

3.0

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Lots of very long passages that are dense with minor character names and very little action making them extremely difficult to follow, especially so when they are aliases or noble titles not previously introduced. The book picks up well near the end as things reach a climax and the author is forced to reduce her name dropping in order to finish up the plot. It's surprising how well all the various pieces and obscure references do tie together for resolution. Unfortunately after that it turns worse than Peter Jackson's Return of the King with no less than 6 endings unnecessarily chained along as individual chapters.