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A review by cranberry__sauce
The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison
2.0
Unfortunately, this book was just not for me.
The Worm Ouroboros is written in the style of 16th-century Shakespeare, yet is set on Mercury. The character that introduces us to the story, Lessingham, is only mentioned in the first two chapters and never seen again after that. The "demons" from Demonland are mentioned to have horns, but this fact is also never mentioned again.
Also, I have to mention the fact that the main kingdoms, Demonland, Witchland, Pixyland, Impland, and Goblinland are all inhabited by humans. Not goblins, witches, demons, pixies, or imps; only humans.
Despite these flaws, the book is eminently quotable. The author [a:E. R. Eddison|1378543|E.R. Eddison|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1255094627p2/1378543.jpg] has a very smooth writing style (the archaic language notwithstanding), and one can see why both [a:J.R.R. Tolkien|656983|J.R.R. Tolkien|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1648968349p2/656983.jpg] and [a:C. S. Lewis|1069006|C.S. Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1564671804p2/1069006.jpg] were inspired by Eddison and his book.
The Worm Ouroboros is written in the style of 16th-century Shakespeare, yet is set on Mercury. The character that introduces us to the story, Lessingham, is only mentioned in the first two chapters and never seen again after that. The "demons" from Demonland are mentioned to have horns, but this fact is also never mentioned again.
Also, I have to mention the fact that the main kingdoms, Demonland, Witchland, Pixyland, Impland, and Goblinland are all inhabited by humans. Not goblins, witches, demons, pixies, or imps; only humans.
Despite these flaws, the book is eminently quotable. The author [a:E. R. Eddison|1378543|E.R. Eddison|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1255094627p2/1378543.jpg] has a very smooth writing style (the archaic language notwithstanding), and one can see why both [a:J.R.R. Tolkien|656983|J.R.R. Tolkien|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1648968349p2/656983.jpg] and [a:C. S. Lewis|1069006|C.S. Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1564671804p2/1069006.jpg] were inspired by Eddison and his book.