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A review by jimmypat
Lavondyss: Journey to an Unknown Region by Robert Holdstock
2.0
This is the fourteenth book in a series I am calling "quarantine life." With all of our public libraries closed to the coronavirus pandemic, I've turned to my bookshelves and the unread books that await me there.
I had a vague recollection of reading this previously, with my only memories of there being a female protagonist and that it was a retread of Mythago Wood. My lackluster feeling continued with this reading, but not because it was a retread. The first half of this book was excellent with a greater depth of character than the first book and I felt that, as one review stated, it would "surpass" Mythago Wood. Unfortunately, the second half was pretty abyssmal - confusing, meandering, and seemingly pointless.
I had a vague recollection of reading this previously, with my only memories of there being a female protagonist and that it was a retread of Mythago Wood. My lackluster feeling continued with this reading, but not because it was a retread. The first half of this book was excellent with a greater depth of character than the first book and I felt that, as one review stated, it would "surpass" Mythago Wood. Unfortunately, the second half was pretty abyssmal - confusing, meandering, and seemingly pointless.