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A review by seak
River of Blue Fire by Tad Williams
2.0
This is now my second book, not counting novellas, by Tad Williams and while I finished it, I will in fact not be continuing on with the series.
Book 1 in the Otherland series was just interesting enough to continue and finally the ending ramps things up and I was actually entertained. I get that this series is one long book to the author, but it's so absolutely boring I need something to happen and I start to expect it to at least be at the end of the book. Spoiler alert:. Again, just about nothing happens. Yes we had some big-ish revelations but it was so not worth the tedium.
Because, yet again, we have a hugely long book where absolutely nothing happens, or I should say, things happen, but they take so long to happen it's like nothing happens. Listening to A Game of Thrones right now really emphasizes this. Things are constantly happening in that book.
To add to the tedium, the characters are suddenly going from one "land" within this computer system called "Otherland" to another with no end in sight. I just can't possibly see a reason for all this nothing.
And if I haven't already warned enough about spoiling the ending, here's another warning, but the last book at least got my expectations up to believe I might get another solid, entertaining ending. And yet no.
I have the entire series of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn and this book really does not recommend it right now. And I do feel bad. I know there are lots of fans, Williams has had a huge impact on the fantasy genre and I definitely have seen glimmers of greatness, but by and large, there's just not enough going on to keep my interest anymore.
2 out of 5 Stars (I finished it so that means something right?)
Book 1 in the Otherland series was just interesting enough to continue and finally the ending ramps things up and I was actually entertained. I get that this series is one long book to the author, but it's so absolutely boring I need something to happen and I start to expect it to at least be at the end of the book. Spoiler alert:
Spoiler
the ending was barely less boringBecause, yet again, we have a hugely long book where absolutely nothing happens, or I should say, things happen, but they take so long to happen it's like nothing happens. Listening to A Game of Thrones right now really emphasizes this. Things are constantly happening in that book.
To add to the tedium, the characters are suddenly going from one "land" within this computer system called "Otherland" to another with no end in sight. I just can't possibly see a reason for all this nothing.
And if I haven't already warned enough about spoiling the ending, here's another warning, but the last book at least got my expectations up to believe I might get another solid, entertaining ending. And yet no.
I have the entire series of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn and this book really does not recommend it right now. And I do feel bad. I know there are lots of fans, Williams has had a huge impact on the fantasy genre and I definitely have seen glimmers of greatness, but by and large, there's just not enough going on to keep my interest anymore.
2 out of 5 Stars (I finished it so that means something right?)