ericthec 's review for:

Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny

2.0

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I read this in the mid 80's. I have never been able to connect with any Zelazny books so this one fell flat. I didn't relate to the character.I had read Moorcock's Elric, some Deryni, Robert Silverberg, Fritz Leiber, Tolkien, and the original Thomas Covenant by then and that was my comparison. This was one of the recommended books in Mr Gygax's rules books, the DM guide, if I recall. I do want to try again as I think it is more of a historical perspective. It certainly seems to lay groundwork for future Thief novels/stories Shadowspawn from the Sanctuary stories, Lies of Locke Lamora, TSR books, etc, and then the more recent flurry of assassin type characters.