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A review by birchjilguero
The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman
3.0
This book was a roller coaster. I am torn between liking it and despising it.
The problem was, there was very rarely anything 'in the moment'. The events all seemed detached - from the reader and from each other. Events in the book sometimes didn't make sense or have anything to do with each other. And because the events themselves were talked about like they happened way off in some other time, you were rarely there for the action. Battles were technical and other times very simple so it was either a hit or miss. Violence was a bit shocking but nothing overdone.
The characters were also hard to reach. It seemed like actions and dialogue were heavily relied on for characterization and this was a definite miss (in my opinion, not enough internal dialogue). They all fell flat. Somehow I was still able to develop fondness for them just by what they said - Kleist and IdrisPukke come to mind.
Overall this was an amazing idea but a rather bland execution.
The problem was, there was very rarely anything 'in the moment'. The events all seemed detached - from the reader and from each other. Events in the book sometimes didn't make sense or have anything to do with each other. And because the events themselves were talked about like they happened way off in some other time, you were rarely there for the action. Battles were technical and other times very simple so it was either a hit or miss. Violence was a bit shocking but nothing overdone.
The characters were also hard to reach. It seemed like actions and dialogue were heavily relied on for characterization and this was a definite miss (in my opinion, not enough internal dialogue). They all fell flat. Somehow I was still able to develop fondness for them just by what they said - Kleist and IdrisPukke come to mind.
Overall this was an amazing idea but a rather bland execution.