A review by cameronkc
The Stone in the Skull by Elizabeth Bear

3.0

There are numerous moments during the book where I found myself finishing a paragraph, only to stop and slow down so I could reread a passage that caught my attention. Some of the writing is deep and rich with feeling and description. Gage and Deadman are like the odd couple, and I felt I could have read a book on just their adventures. Bear writes a slow, slow, very slow story filled with a story about the most boring of them. While I felt like she creates a great world, she kept the pace and the larger secrets too well buried. For all its wonder, I don't think I can wade through forest to see the dragons (if there are any).