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A review by emma_evr
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
This book is maybe just not for me and normally I would have dnf this book but I made a promise to finish it. I don’t pretend have have great tastes in books but here is my review anyway:
The good things:
The last 200 pages are good and interesting but it makes you wonder why the first 500 were needed
Less good things:
It’s based on a d&d campaign and that means is just overly descriptive but in an almost comically way that just makes the book feel unnecessary sluggish. A saying from my languages is “don’t dye red roses red” meaning you don’t need to over emphasise things that readers already understand or can picture in their mind if it’s not relevant to how a character interacts with the world.
Also this book in my opinion needs editing, there is just so much dead air and unnecessary in betweens with seemingly no purpose.
Then there are some character a really like, however be prepared that in between ever cool moment you have about 50 pages of a character you just don’t care about up until page 400/500
Why are the chapters so long, I dislike it. It gives reader no natural break in between if you are travelling or just want a quick book break in between other stuff.
I wil start on book 2 because of obligation so let’s see if it makes book 1 worth it.
The good things:
The last 200 pages are good and interesting but it makes you wonder why the first 500 were needed
Less good things:
It’s based on a d&d campaign and that means is just overly descriptive but in an almost comically way that just makes the book feel unnecessary sluggish. A saying from my languages is “don’t dye red roses red” meaning you don’t need to over emphasise things that readers already understand or can picture in their mind if it’s not relevant to how a character interacts with the world.
Also this book in my opinion needs editing, there is just so much dead air and unnecessary in betweens with seemingly no purpose.
Then there are some character a really like, however be prepared that in between ever cool moment you have about 50 pages of a character you just don’t care about up until page 400/500
Why are the chapters so long, I dislike it. It gives reader no natural break in between if you are travelling or just want a quick book break in between other stuff.
I wil start on book 2 because of obligation so let’s see if it makes book 1 worth it.