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A review by katzeball
The Iron Dragon's Daughter by Michael Swanwick
2.0
Da fuq did I just read?
I picked this up because I saw it on China Mieville's list of sci-fi/fantasy that socialists should read, and only finished it because my Kindle kept telling me I had less than an hour left.
This book was like a gritty reboot of The Silmarillion. There was no internal logic to the narrative, instead using fantasy as a device for introducing and discarding characters and plot threads at will. I realize the author is trying to make a point about the randomness and futility of life, but this book was so tedious and unenjoyable in doing so.
I'm giving it two stars because the author certainly got his Nihilism across. Reading this book was indeed a pointless six hours of my life.
I picked this up because I saw it on China Mieville's list of sci-fi/fantasy that socialists should read, and only finished it because my Kindle kept telling me I had less than an hour left.
This book was like a gritty reboot of The Silmarillion. There was no internal logic to the narrative, instead using fantasy as a device for introducing and discarding characters and plot threads at will. I realize the author is trying to make a point about the randomness and futility of life, but this book was so tedious and unenjoyable in doing so.
I'm giving it two stars because the author certainly got his Nihilism across. Reading this book was indeed a pointless six hours of my life.