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mcloonejack 's review for:
Nine Princes in Amber
by Roger Zelazny
The bones of this book are great: it’s first 50 or so pages of the main character trying to figure out his past in very clever ways was extremely entertaining and engaging. And the world Zelazny builds, while not as fleshed out as I’d like and sometimes explained in a very muddled way, was incredibly intriguing. Corwin as a character was pretty engaging, and his brother Random was by far the best character.
But wow, are there so many missteps. For a book that’s the first in a series of 10, it skips huge chunks of what would be engaging and important exposition is a very weird decision that doesn’t pay off at all, especially considering the book is literally 175 pages. There are multiple times where some version of “I won’t bore you with the details” is written???? And while some of the final plot devices were hinted at early, there is a hilarious amount of deus ex machina in the final 50 pages.
Ultimately, I’m not going to hunt down the rest of these books. But if I come across them, there’s enough good here that I’d probably give a sequel or two a chance, especially since they’re short.
But wow, are there so many missteps. For a book that’s the first in a series of 10, it skips huge chunks of what would be engaging and important exposition is a very weird decision that doesn’t pay off at all, especially considering the book is literally 175 pages. There are multiple times where some version of “I won’t bore you with the details” is written???? And while some of the final plot devices were hinted at early, there is a hilarious amount of deus ex machina in the final 50 pages.
Ultimately, I’m not going to hunt down the rest of these books. But if I come across them, there’s enough good here that I’d probably give a sequel or two a chance, especially since they’re short.