A review by lesserjoke
Sign of the Unicorn by Roger Zelazny

3.0

I appreciate that this third Amber volume makes time to revisit a few open questions from the first novel, and it's as fun as ever to see the squabbling family of reality-hopping sorcerers and their swashbuckling antics. On the other hand, I still don't feel as though we know most of them well enough for all the intrigue and backstabbing to land effectively, which is a real problem so deep into the series. When the narrative slows down for some character beats with the protagonist's brother Random or his friend Bill back on earth, it's pretty great! But too many of the rest of the players here register as little more than interchangeable names, to the detriment of the story author Roger Zelazny seems trying to tell.

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