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A review by shane_tiernan
Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay
3.0
After Fionavar and Tigana being some of my all-time favorite fantasy novels, I'm always a little disappointed in the newer stuff. His writing can be beautiful, his characters are realistic, though none of them really stick out. There seems to be less and less magic in each book, so they read more like "historical fiction".
This one was way too long for me, considering the amount of story you get. There were times my wife and I cheered on the characters or we laughed out loud about something funny, but it wasn't enough to make us super excited about getting back to reading every night. He seemed to experiment with writing the same scene from multiple perspectives and while it was sometimes interesting, it seemed to make things drag. Also the long ending describing the futures of each of the characters was a cool idea, but dragged on too long also.
At this point I think I'm done with Kay, unless he writes another full-on fantasy novel, then I'll be there waiting for it to come out.
This one was way too long for me, considering the amount of story you get. There were times my wife and I cheered on the characters or we laughed out loud about something funny, but it wasn't enough to make us super excited about getting back to reading every night. He seemed to experiment with writing the same scene from multiple perspectives and while it was sometimes interesting, it seemed to make things drag. Also the long ending describing the futures of each of the characters was a cool idea, but dragged on too long also.
At this point I think I'm done with Kay, unless he writes another full-on fantasy novel, then I'll be there waiting for it to come out.