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jeslaine 's review for:
Lord of Light
by Roger Zelazny
The beginning of Zelazny's Lord of Light does what the back cover quote on my version promises: makes one glad to be, or want to be a writer. His descriptions, poetic language and straight-up intelligence is what is missing from many fantasy fiction books. The concept of a technologically world so far advanced that it can be used to suppress the lower classes from even knowing technology exists is also a promising and exciting storyline. As is the god-like attributes of the main characters who use technology to make themselves deities.
I failed to stay enthralled in Lord of Light however, as the plot failed to really develop. There is really quite a short story in this novel, that is buffed up by a complex fantasy world that needs much explanation. I would have liked to explore this world further, and allowed the characters to truly roam through it, and gain further dimensions than their often one-sided and flat characters.
I failed to stay enthralled in Lord of Light however, as the plot failed to really develop. There is really quite a short story in this novel, that is buffed up by a complex fantasy world that needs much explanation. I would have liked to explore this world further, and allowed the characters to truly roam through it, and gain further dimensions than their often one-sided and flat characters.