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emmalthompson85 's review for:
Lord of Light
by Roger Zelazny
Now, for me, this is a hard book to rate and review. It was wonderful. Don't doubt that I thought this book was amazing. I found it difficult and confusing at the start, due to non-chronological story telling, but as it progressed and it became clear the entire s[rawling complexity of it. I love the story, I love how subtle it is. I love the way the story is never laid out for you to grasp and nothing is neat and packaged up but, instead, everything is hinted at. A book that requires you to think but isn't deliberatley misleading or confusing, things that authors do all too often when trying to not hand the plot out. I loved the world of this book, I loved the way he used language to build the world and to build the legend, it was wonderful and well worth anyone's time to read, I fully intent to recomend this to friends.
I never really connected with the book, with the characters. Due to the writing style only a few are in it long enough for us to realy grasp them, and they were fine but not...I don't know. I did like how the gods were esentialy human (in all ways) and how the war between the gods played out. I just didn't feel emotionaly invested in any of them. The language distanced me in a way and while it was entirely appropriate for the story, it left me feeling removed. Also, not many female characters and when they do appear they are not favourable or well drawn out. So, a damn good book, but not something I connected with personally.
I never really connected with the book, with the characters. Due to the writing style only a few are in it long enough for us to realy grasp them, and they were fine but not...I don't know. I did like how the gods were esentialy human (in all ways) and how the war between the gods played out. I just didn't feel emotionaly invested in any of them. The language distanced me in a way and while it was entirely appropriate for the story, it left me feeling removed. Also, not many female characters and when they do appear they are not favourable or well drawn out. So, a damn good book, but not something I connected with personally.