A review by bent
The Barrow by Mark Smylie

Did not finish book.

It's interesting to read all the other reviews of this book because they talk about how violent it is, or how much sex there is, and I quit reading it because of all the boring description. After the opening scene, which basically brings to life the cover of the old Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook, we rejoin the surviving characters as they enter a city. We get a description of several different kinds of boats. We get a description of how the group meets their obligations to the next of kin. We get a description of how taxation works in the city. And at some point I tuned out and stopped reading. If the book had continued as strongly as the prologue, I'd still be reading it, but I can't bring myself to care about all the background to the world of Smylie's people.