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A review by eososray
Byzantium by Stephen R. Lawhead
2.0
I have had to spend some time deciding how to describe why I didn't like this book other than just writing that I found it boring.
It is not the kind of book that you would imagine as boring, once you get though the first 20 chapters, it never stops moving you through people and places. From sea wolves to emperors, forest to desert and country to city, there is always another place to be and more people to meet.
Alot of the story seemed implausible and did there really have to be so much praying?
What I finally came up with as a reason....is that I felt like I was being talked at, instead of entertained. I wasn't drawn into the story but was rather left on the outside being preached at by an Irish monk telling me his fantastical life story so I would convert.
It was okay but I feel like I've lost time that I could have used to read something better.
It is not the kind of book that you would imagine as boring, once you get though the first 20 chapters, it never stops moving you through people and places. From sea wolves to emperors, forest to desert and country to city, there is always another place to be and more people to meet.
Alot of the story seemed implausible and did there really have to be so much praying?
What I finally came up with as a reason....is that I felt like I was being talked at, instead of entertained. I wasn't drawn into the story but was rather left on the outside being preached at by an Irish monk telling me his fantastical life story so I would convert.
It was okay but I feel like I've lost time that I could have used to read something better.