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A review by ningnongnang
The Sight by David Clement-Davies
1.0
Do not read this book (or the series, actually) if you care about realistic animal behaviours, facts, and believability in general.
Yes, while this is a Fantasy tale about animals, there is no excuse as to why the wolves resemble wolves only in name. The author has performed no research, not even the basic of basic facts, let alone altered reality to make an interesting and believable twist.
There is only so much suspension-of-disbelief that can be incorporated before it becomes ridiculous... As a tool the author used to avoid the all-important research and world-building!
Wolves that can't follow a scent? Wolves that can't cross shallow water? It seems as though the author just made up weaknesses and strengths whenever it was appropriate for a tragedy, accident, 'plot event', and so forth.
The annoying character personalities bothered me less than the animal portrayals, but not by a lot. 'Fire-Bringer' is the only book worth reading from this disappointing writer, even with its few flaws. Effort was used in Fire-Bringer; The Sight may as well have been written by a ghost writer!
Yes, while this is a Fantasy tale about animals, there is no excuse as to why the wolves resemble wolves only in name. The author has performed no research, not even the basic of basic facts, let alone altered reality to make an interesting and believable twist.
There is only so much suspension-of-disbelief that can be incorporated before it becomes ridiculous... As a tool the author used to avoid the all-important research and world-building!
Wolves that can't follow a scent? Wolves that can't cross shallow water? It seems as though the author just made up weaknesses and strengths whenever it was appropriate for a tragedy, accident, 'plot event', and so forth.
The annoying character personalities bothered me less than the animal portrayals, but not by a lot. 'Fire-Bringer' is the only book worth reading from this disappointing writer, even with its few flaws. Effort was used in Fire-Bringer; The Sight may as well have been written by a ghost writer!