A review by davidscrimshaw
The Book of Swords, by Robin Hobb, George R.R. Martin
5.0
If you're not going to try a sword and sorcery book, you might as well skip this review and skip the book.
If you're thinking sword and sorcery might be for you, you can read this review, but you should read the book.
If sword and sorcery is your thing, the book is a must-read, no need for you to read this review, but you might as well since if you had a copy, you'd be reading it instead of this and it won't hurt to give you something to anticipate.
Lately, I've been starting one book after another and just not getting into them. I was starting to think there was something wrong with me. But then I started this collection and everything changed. It's full of stories that I just loved.
Going in, I knew there was a Garth Nix story. I was sort of crossing my fingers that it would be a story about Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz. And it was!
For almost every author in the collection that I was unfamiliar with, I now have a book on reserve at the library.
The only story that I didn't get into was the George R. R. Martin story, which is a recounting of ancient Westeros history that talks about what happened but doesn't really get into what's going on in people's minds.
If you're thinking sword and sorcery might be for you, you can read this review, but you should read the book.
If sword and sorcery is your thing, the book is a must-read, no need for you to read this review, but you might as well since if you had a copy, you'd be reading it instead of this and it won't hurt to give you something to anticipate.
Lately, I've been starting one book after another and just not getting into them. I was starting to think there was something wrong with me. But then I started this collection and everything changed. It's full of stories that I just loved.
Going in, I knew there was a Garth Nix story. I was sort of crossing my fingers that it would be a story about Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz. And it was!
For almost every author in the collection that I was unfamiliar with, I now have a book on reserve at the library.
The only story that I didn't get into was the George R. R. Martin story, which is a recounting of ancient Westeros history that talks about what happened but doesn't really get into what's going on in people's minds.