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A review by thestayfawn
The Darkest Road by Guy Gavriel Kay
4.0
An interesting Fantasy trilogy about five people from present-day Toronto being transported to the mythical Fionavar, the most central of many worlds, where their stories get interwoven with the great Tapestry of the world.
The style will not be for everyone. A lot of prophesies, “and so it came to pass”es, and inescapable destinies, so much so that sometimes it feels as if the main characters have no autonomy in the important events.
But the reader who isn’t too bothered by that, will be rewarded with an action-packed story full of interesting characters, and a world where gods, demons, and magic still abound. The obligatory elves, dwarves, orcs and such have annoyingly different names but are otherwise quite as expected. What’s fun is the generous helping of folklore and lore from our world, both from (pre)medieval England and from other parts of Europe.
The style will not be for everyone. A lot of prophesies, “and so it came to pass”es, and inescapable destinies, so much so that sometimes it feels as if the main characters have no autonomy in the important events.
But the reader who isn’t too bothered by that, will be rewarded with an action-packed story full of interesting characters, and a world where gods, demons, and magic still abound. The obligatory elves, dwarves, orcs and such have annoyingly different names but are otherwise quite as expected. What’s fun is the generous helping of folklore and lore from our world, both from (pre)medieval England and from other parts of Europe.