vaderbird's review
3.0
5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
bdplume's review
2.0
This is the first time I have been disappointed by a Jack Chalker novel. It feels very tacked on to the end of the other "Dancing Gods" books, and the characters, both new and old, are just not all that exciting. Factor in some absolutely terrible puns and you've got something of a dud.
We are once again taken to a world which is a bizarre reflection of our own, and from which many of our myths and fantasies are born. Yet this time the landscape doesn't feel as vibrant, nor the story as interesting. Rather than blazing new ground, our characters seem to rehash old territory.
As with the whole series there is a deeply rooted element of satire, and on occasion it is scathing and effective, but for the most part this time out it just seems as corny as the material it lampoons.
We are once again taken to a world which is a bizarre reflection of our own, and from which many of our myths and fantasies are born. Yet this time the landscape doesn't feel as vibrant, nor the story as interesting. Rather than blazing new ground, our characters seem to rehash old territory.
As with the whole series there is a deeply rooted element of satire, and on occasion it is scathing and effective, but for the most part this time out it just seems as corny as the material it lampoons.
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