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A review by adelayedteacher
Dying of the Light by George R.R. Martin
3.0
This book is hard to quantify because of a few things. One is that George RR Martin is a seriously impressive author. Legend is one of the words that would be use to describe him. His Throne Of Kings series blows the door, walls and roof off anything that tries to compete.
And therein lies the trouble. This book is a short novel and is not a three or four book volume series where details and stories can be slowly marinated over a warm fire. The ideas and backstory is avalanched down on the reader and before you know it you're reading through a encyclopedia entry of the history of the past and present of the world and characters.
Again, Martin is unparalleled in his story telling and talent. However in my opinion this book is almost too much too fast. The last 3/4 finally picks up and then uses what we've just learned to give us a great ending and page turning climax. Trouble is this wasn't long enough to justify reading through the entire history to get there.
The story is great and the characters wonderfully written. Just tried to fit too much into too little space.
And therein lies the trouble. This book is a short novel and is not a three or four book volume series where details and stories can be slowly marinated over a warm fire. The ideas and backstory is avalanched down on the reader and before you know it you're reading through a encyclopedia entry of the history of the past and present of the world and characters.
Again, Martin is unparalleled in his story telling and talent. However in my opinion this book is almost too much too fast. The last 3/4 finally picks up and then uses what we've just learned to give us a great ending and page turning climax. Trouble is this wasn't long enough to justify reading through the entire history to get there.
The story is great and the characters wonderfully written. Just tried to fit too much into too little space.