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patrick_soares 's review for:
House of Chains
by Steven Erikson
Definitely my least favorite of the series so far.
As much as I like, adore actually, the worldbuilding, Erikson's prose and the scope of the series, I continue to struggle in engaging with the characters.
The way Erikson conveys his characters feel incredibly stiff and contrived to me. They just don't feel like people to me. It's hard to put into words but the characters feel like puppets, lacking a certain aspect of Humanity for me to sympathize and get invested in them.
At this point I'm not sure if Erikson is a writer for me.
As much as I like, adore actually, the worldbuilding, Erikson's prose and the scope of the series, I continue to struggle in engaging with the characters.
The way Erikson conveys his characters feel incredibly stiff and contrived to me. They just don't feel like people to me. It's hard to put into words but the characters feel like puppets, lacking a certain aspect of Humanity for me to sympathize and get invested in them.
At this point I'm not sure if Erikson is a writer for me.