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A review by pjonsson
Tower of Silence by Larry Correia
4.0
Not surprisingly this is another great book in the Saga of the Forgotten Warrior series. As usual Larry Correia’s writing is excellent.
This book continues the story of Ashok Vandal in this intricate world of sword wielders, magic, mystery and maybe some science? Ashok Vadal is back in play after escaping. I did not really like him being imprisoned but the story Correia weaved together after his escape, that I really liked.
Not only was it a nice adventure in itself but it really advanced the story in terms of how the world came to be as it is now in the book, the mystery of the black metal and so on and so forth. I quite like the direction the story is taking here.
Of course there is the usual action parts and, again as usual, Correia excels when writing those.
There are, unfortunately, also quite a lot of parts with dialogues involving the conspiracies and machinations which I felt was less enjoyable. Sure, they are excellently written but they were just not my favorite parts. There were times, when reading, that I felt there was too much of this and not enough of Ashok Vandal.
Still, Larry Correia is a excellent author and his books are not really comparable to a lot of the books, the majority really, that I have read. So when I say there was too much of this and not enough of that, it is really me being greedy and saying there was too much four star material and not enough five star material in the book.
So although, for me personally, this book fell half a star short of five stars, mostly for the reason I outlined in the previous paragraphs, which is more due to personal taste really than any fault of the author, I am really looking forward to the next book. I am dying to see where the story goes and really hope that we will get more revelations about the black metal and the ancestors.
This book continues the story of Ashok Vandal in this intricate world of sword wielders, magic, mystery and maybe some science? Ashok Vadal is back in play after escaping. I did not really like him being imprisoned but the story Correia weaved together after his escape, that I really liked.
Not only was it a nice adventure in itself but it really advanced the story in terms of how the world came to be as it is now in the book, the mystery of the black metal and so on and so forth. I quite like the direction the story is taking here.
Of course there is the usual action parts and, again as usual, Correia excels when writing those.
There are, unfortunately, also quite a lot of parts with dialogues involving the conspiracies and machinations which I felt was less enjoyable. Sure, they are excellently written but they were just not my favorite parts. There were times, when reading, that I felt there was too much of this and not enough of Ashok Vandal.
Still, Larry Correia is a excellent author and his books are not really comparable to a lot of the books, the majority really, that I have read. So when I say there was too much of this and not enough of that, it is really me being greedy and saying there was too much four star material and not enough five star material in the book.
So although, for me personally, this book fell half a star short of five stars, mostly for the reason I outlined in the previous paragraphs, which is more due to personal taste really than any fault of the author, I am really looking forward to the next book. I am dying to see where the story goes and really hope that we will get more revelations about the black metal and the ancestors.