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A review by wazbar
The Many-Colored Land by Julian May
slow-paced
4.5
My biggest worry about this was that it'd lean too hard on a veneer of "hard" science believability bit I needn't have; this is pure planetary romance on a level few can match. May brings the lower pliocene to life with evident delight and love. Truly, an incredible work of imagination.
Rough spots were primarily that the characterization depends overmuch on national stereotypes. A lot of time is spent establishing a large cast of characters, and then the back half of the book focuses narrowly on a few of them; this may set up the later books in the series but it did drag in places in this one.
Rough spots were primarily that the characterization depends overmuch on national stereotypes. A lot of time is spent establishing a large cast of characters, and then the back half of the book focuses narrowly on a few of them; this may set up the later books in the series but it did drag in places in this one.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pregnancy, Slavery, and Rape