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A review by ewanmitchell
The Many-Coloured Land by Julian May
2.0
Interesting scenario that is let down by the one-note characters, which are constantly increasing instead of developing the characters there are, and monotonous dialogue.
Fairly early on I could not stop noticing that everyone spoke the same, they may have varying opinions or backgrounds but they all used the same wordy vocabulary even the apparently less intelligent characters. I’ve never had this problem before when reading a book.
As interesting as the setting is and the potential for the exotics culture to be explored, I felt I was just reading through mundane chapters to get to something interesting. Even just a compelling conversation.
There are moments I enjoyed, Richard was a character I enjoyed as he was all about self interest, in the same vein as Han Solo. Some of the environment descriptions were beautiful or horrific, the mushroom forest being a standout. The initial reveal was quite exciting as I had gone into the book pretty much blind.
But unfortunately by the end of the day I was happy to have it finished, as by the last couple of chapters I just did not care.
I may pick up the second book to see if things improve but not for a long while as I am just not invested in the plot, characters or prose.
Fairly early on I could not stop noticing that everyone spoke the same, they may have varying opinions or backgrounds but they all used the same wordy vocabulary even the apparently less intelligent characters. I’ve never had this problem before when reading a book.
As interesting as the setting is and the potential for the exotics culture to be explored, I felt I was just reading through mundane chapters to get to something interesting. Even just a compelling conversation.
There are moments I enjoyed, Richard was a character I enjoyed as he was all about self interest, in the same vein as Han Solo. Some of the environment descriptions were beautiful or horrific, the mushroom forest being a standout. The initial reveal was quite exciting as I had gone into the book pretty much blind.
But unfortunately by the end of the day I was happy to have it finished, as by the last couple of chapters I just did not care.
I may pick up the second book to see if things improve but not for a long while as I am just not invested in the plot, characters or prose.