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A review by swordrager
Mordew by Alex Pheby
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
There is a good book somewhere in this book but it has unfortunately been buried in the Living Mud - or perhaps the problem is that there are fragments of different good books.
It opens with a promising start as a classic fantasy coming of age story with a dark tone and an increase in complexity, but the latter half of the book is much more scrambled. It seems to be one part character study, one part bombastic action movie, and one part verbose and meandering novel.
It ends up medium paced by jerking back and forth between slow and fast without transition or art. It delivers massive revelations and then refuses to let them breathe but makes sure to spend pages on side characters. I found it to be a very frustrating read.
It opens with a promising start as a classic fantasy coming of age story with a dark tone and an increase in complexity, but the latter half of the book is much more scrambled. It seems to be one part character study, one part bombastic action movie, and one part verbose and meandering novel.
It ends up medium paced by jerking back and forth between slow and fast without transition or art. It delivers massive revelations and then refuses to let them breathe but makes sure to spend pages on side characters. I found it to be a very frustrating read.