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Comment on The Witches of Eileanan by admin

admin — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:51:34 +0000

James: Yes, I probably would have enjoyed this book a lot more when I was younger and just getting into fantasy

Comment on The Witches of Eileanan by james

james — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:38:40 +0000

The first book was fairly intriguing – but to be honest I could only recommend this series to maybe 11-16 yr old bracket – for them they will probably be a thoroughly enjoyable read. Perhaps I’ve become a little jaded – I’ve read a lot of fantasy for a very long time. I actually only got as far as the third book before I gave up, as it began to feel as if (like many other fantasy epics/series etc) it had become a standard fantasy series cash cow. My guess is it could easily have been condensed into a more coherent two books at most.

Quite frankly I began rather rapidly to feel sorry for the bad guys – they obviously don’t have a chance, with the good guys (the social elite of course) positively bristling with powers, magic items and very powerful allies.

It doesn’t really help that humans have invaded this realm and driven out in some cases the “bad guys”. She does make some attempt to show at least some of the non-humans in a slightly sympathetic light, – but the human foes are decidedly two dimensional. It may be that by the end of the series the balance will be redressed against the “invaders” – but I suspect not, and even if so, most assuredly under human terms.

If you have the ability to “suspend disbelief” (a term most commonly used by OTT film directors to excuse poor plot/characterisation and generally silly stuff) you’ll survive this. It has it’s moments – but would have been way better just focusing on one or two of the ideas/characters – and a little less on the usual world shaking moves of the social elite. With movies I know when to suspend disbelief – if it has sfx then that moment comes as soon as I hear the first American voice (ok – a little harsh) – it’s a little harder with books unfortunately, and rather annoying in terms of time spent on them – the first book in fantasy series is often the best (the hook?), and this is no exception.

I’ve gone on enough – and I regard this as just the tip of the iceberg. But maybe get it for your teenagers – I’m not being sarcastic, believe it or not, but a lack of critical faculties will make these books (from what I remember of my childhood) very enjoyable.

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Comment on Cryptonomicon by redhead

redhead — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:58:10 +0000

I found a lot of the same faults you did with Cryptonomicon. I kept going back and forth between thinking it was the most incredible peice of fiction I’d ever picked up to wanting to throw the peice of crap across the room and never pick it up again. It was my first Stephenson, and after reading Zodiac and most of his Baroque Cycle, I’ve come to the conclusion that Cryptonomicon is not his best work, but definately worth the read.

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