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bookfeyreads's review
2.0
The Boris Vallejo cover gets 5 stars.
The book itself gets 2.5 stars.
Written in 1984 this books is dated as hell! Women being raped and then looked back upon as love scenes. Damn the 80s were rough on women. But I am looking passed all that because I knew what I was getting into as far as that stuff goes. I mean look at that beautiful cover!! lol
The premise of the book was interesting. There was a lot to work with, Ceasar, Anthony, the Gauls, The Celts, The mystic people of Avalon! I think perhaps that was the problem - too much material. For such a short book it unsuccessfully attempted 3 different story lines. The writing was not strong nor skilled enough to pull this feat off. Often I was left wondering what the hell was going on or where on the map we were at that moment. Very frustrating when all you want to do is sink into the story of the cover art.
The book just felt like it was trimmed down too much. Perhaps another 100-150 pages more to flesh out the many characters and settings?
Then there was the problem I had with the writing style. Sometimes it felt like it was trying to be too clever for example in the way it would reference characters in odd ways. I would have to reread sections to figure out who was speaking or being spoken to. Very frustrating.
But I kept going! I mean look at that cover!! I loooove Boris Vallejo's art work. He is one of the factors that started me reading Fantasy back in the early 1990s. He did all the Heinlein covers.
Will I reread this? Hell no! But I will keep it on my shelf and revisit that cover art whenever my hand lands on it.
The book itself gets 2.5 stars.
Written in 1984 this books is dated as hell! Women being raped and then looked back upon as love scenes. Damn the 80s were rough on women. But I am looking passed all that because I knew what I was getting into as far as that stuff goes. I mean look at that beautiful cover!! lol
The premise of the book was interesting. There was a lot to work with, Ceasar, Anthony, the Gauls, The Celts, The mystic people of Avalon! I think perhaps that was the problem - too much material. For such a short book it unsuccessfully attempted 3 different story lines. The writing was not strong nor skilled enough to pull this feat off. Often I was left wondering what the hell was going on or where on the map we were at that moment. Very frustrating when all you want to do is sink into the story of the cover art.
The book just felt like it was trimmed down too much. Perhaps another 100-150 pages more to flesh out the many characters and settings?
Then there was the problem I had with the writing style. Sometimes it felt like it was trying to be too clever for example in the way it would reference characters in odd ways. I would have to reread sections to figure out who was speaking or being spoken to. Very frustrating.
But I kept going! I mean look at that cover!! I loooove Boris Vallejo's art work. He is one of the factors that started me reading Fantasy back in the early 1990s. He did all the Heinlein covers.
Will I reread this? Hell no! But I will keep it on my shelf and revisit that cover art whenever my hand lands on it.
bookfey's review
2.0
The Boris Vallejo cover gets 5 stars.
The book itself gets 2.5 stars.
Written in 1984 this books is dated as hell! Women being raped and then looked back upon as love scenes. Damn the 80s were rough on women. But I am looking passed all that because I knew what I was getting into as far as that stuff goes. I mean look at that beautiful cover!! lol
The premise of the book was interesting. There was a lot to work with, Ceasar, Anthony, the Gauls, The Celts, The mystic people of Avalon! I think perhaps that was the problem - too much material. For such a short book it unsuccessfully attempted 3 different story lines. The writing was not strong nor skilled enough to pull this feat off. Often I was left wondering what the hell was going on or where on the map we were at that moment. Very frustrating when all you want to do is sink into the story of the cover art.
The book just felt like it was trimmed down too much. Perhaps another 100-150 pages more to flesh out the many characters and settings?
Then there was the problem I had with the writing style. Sometimes it felt like it was trying to be too clever for example in the way it would reference characters in odd ways. I would have to reread sections to figure out who was speaking or being spoken to. Very frustrating.
But I kept going! I mean look at that cover!! I loooove Boris Vallejo's art work. He is one of the factors that started me reading Fantasy back in the early 1990s. He did all the Heinlein covers.
Will I reread this? Hell no! But I will keep it on my shelf and revisit that cover art whenever my hand lands on it.
The book itself gets 2.5 stars.
Written in 1984 this books is dated as hell! Women being raped and then looked back upon as love scenes. Damn the 80s were rough on women. But I am looking passed all that because I knew what I was getting into as far as that stuff goes. I mean look at that beautiful cover!! lol
The premise of the book was interesting. There was a lot to work with, Ceasar, Anthony, the Gauls, The Celts, The mystic people of Avalon! I think perhaps that was the problem - too much material. For such a short book it unsuccessfully attempted 3 different story lines. The writing was not strong nor skilled enough to pull this feat off. Often I was left wondering what the hell was going on or where on the map we were at that moment. Very frustrating when all you want to do is sink into the story of the cover art.
The book just felt like it was trimmed down too much. Perhaps another 100-150 pages more to flesh out the many characters and settings?
Then there was the problem I had with the writing style. Sometimes it felt like it was trying to be too clever for example in the way it would reference characters in odd ways. I would have to reread sections to figure out who was speaking or being spoken to. Very frustrating.
But I kept going! I mean look at that cover!! I loooove Boris Vallejo's art work. He is one of the factors that started me reading Fantasy back in the early 1990s. He did all the Heinlein covers.
Will I reread this? Hell no! But I will keep it on my shelf and revisit that cover art whenever my hand lands on it.
tayloramidala's review
1.0
Men in the 80’s must have thought reading about rape was fun. The author obviously has experience in this field how he lovingly writes about all the wonderful sensations the manly “groin” feels while raping women. If this book excluded rape, or at least wrote it in a different way, it would be a 3 star book.
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