A review by dawn_chen
The Way Back by Gavriel Savit

3.0

Took me forever to read this one. The last three chapters are absolutely phenomenon. There are a lot of philosophical concepts and interesting elements that absolutely awed me. But they were ALL IN THE LAST FEW CHAPTERS. Most chunk of this book was an absolute chore to get through because the ploy went nowhere. I love the portrayal of Angel of Death in this and we basically got so little of them on page (eventho when they're on page it's always absolutely brilliant). This one definitely have the feel of Neil Gaiman to it like it was marketed. But the most of the characters felt flat and I don't really get their motivation. Unlike in a Gaiman book that I usually would fall in love w every character, I don't feel like I connected to any of the characters in this book until the last 50 pages.