A review by mysteriousnorse
The Bloody Sun by Marion Zimmer Bradley

2.0

Okay, done with Darkover for awhile. This is probably a 2.5 star, but everything here has been done better in other books. Jeff is a bland protagonist, his struggle was done better in [b:Star of Danger|463090|Star of Danger (Darkover, #15)|Marion Zimmer Bradley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1412382157l/463090._SY75_.jpg|1073275]. Darkover mystery was done better in the first book of this trilogy: [b:The Spell Sword|1106633|The Spell Sword (Darkover, #11)|Marion Zimmer Bradley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1226463075l/1106633._SY75_.jpg|1650605]. It has shitty romance and crap space politics like its predessesor: [b:The Forbidden Tower|61894|The Forbidden Tower (Darkover, #12)|Marion Zimmer Bradley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1228626257l/61894._SY75_.jpg|2741917]. Honestly, it's not bad, but it wears out its welcome way too quickly.

I've now read most of Bradley's Darkover output from the 1960s and 1970s, and I think it's fine. My favorite is still the first one I read: [b:The Planet Savers|472219|The Planet Savers|Marion Zimmer Bradley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1545476492l/472219._SY75_.jpg|1073262].