A review by brokenrecord
Penric and the Shaman by Lois McMaster Bujold

3.0

This was… fine, I guess? It may be partially my fault for not having read the first one in this series, and while I did read The Curse of Chalion, which shares a universe with this series, it was like 6 years ago and I remember nothing about it (other than that I loved it). The only reason I did read this is because it was nominated for a Hugo, and after reading it, I'm not really sure why because… it's just okay. Other than I guess because Lois McMaster Bujold wrote it and she's a big name (and don't get me wrong, I've loved plenty of her writing before!). I mean, it wasn't bad, I just never really got into the story or the characters.