A review by nziozis
The Barrow by Mark Smylie

1.0

The book as a whole was ok. The character Stepjan was interesting and I wish we got more of the story from his point of view. The main thing that bothered me was Erim. Why was she even in the book? Nothing she did impacted the story in any way. The second is how everything just jumped off the edge of a cliff in the last 150 pages. It felt vary abrupt, almost without warning. The story was moving at a nice pace and then half the characters pull "surprise I was evil all along." The narrative went from 0-60 so fast as to leave the reader behind.