A review by haramis
The Hand of Oberon by Roger Zelazny

4.0

This book starts directly where the third book leaves off, which may be an issue depending on the time the reader spends between them. There is eventually a little bit of summary, but for flow it's probably better if there's not a gap. I chose to listen to the last chapter of the previous book before I went on. I am still very much enjoying the narrator.

My main issue with this one is that I love to be surprised, and the twist in this one is like a big, flashing red sign, like, "Hmm, that's really odd...and unlikely, maybe someone should look into that?" That ties into a pet peeve of mine in which puportedly smart characters do stupid things. I'll blame it on the fact that Corwin was injured and trying to track down half a hundred loose ends. Whatever. Speaking of tracking things down, I didn't love the fact that we had another hellride, for some reason.

I did still enjoy the book overall. I liked the plot for the most part, and it was fun to see all the characters realizing that maybe some of the family had finally grown-up. Oh, and I enjoyed the return of Dworkin. Oh, and BIG SPOILER

Spoiler

It was fun to find out that the Hand of Oberon of the title was both literal and figurative.

I'm looking forward to finishing up this series soon.