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A review by ninjalawyer
Silver by Linda Nagata
2.0
Doesn’t pay off the interesting story setup in the first book, and follows characters that are mostly uninteresting. It really feels like a side story in a lot of ways, rather than the main event.
The plot isn’t just glacially slow to get where it’s going, it’s also going to a dull destination. Characters are generally shallow, with Lezuri being particularly thin. He’s one cackle away from being a cartoon villain, and the plot requires that he be at turns a near-god, but also a complete moron. The titular silver is pervasive, and is basically just magic gas.
Overall, it feels like a young adult novel that just doesn’t have much going on.
The plot isn’t just glacially slow to get where it’s going, it’s also going to a dull destination. Characters are generally shallow, with Lezuri being particularly thin. He’s one cackle away from being a cartoon villain, and the plot requires that he be at turns a near-god, but also a complete moron. The titular silver is pervasive, and is basically just magic gas.
Overall, it feels like a young adult novel that just doesn’t have much going on.