A review by jmoses
Burning Bright by Melissa Scott
3.0
I....wanted to like this book more than I do. It was interesting, both characters and world, but...there's too much going on. There's this weird tri-cornered trade/political thing going on, and then there's this Game thing. And we're just kind of...tossed into the mix of it, with little regard.
I think that if this was less busy, or had a slower ramp up before the story really got going, it would have been better. Both parts of the story were interesting, but it took me so long to really place what was going on that I constantly felt like I was behind the curve. It was irritating, when all I wanted to do was get into the story.
A shame, because the world seems pretty neat.
Also a lot of the characters had similar names it was it was a pain in the ass to keep them straight. Authors, I want to like your book, and your characters, and I only have so many brain cells. Help me out, please.
I think that if this was less busy, or had a slower ramp up before the story really got going, it would have been better. Both parts of the story were interesting, but it took me so long to really place what was going on that I constantly felt like I was behind the curve. It was irritating, when all I wanted to do was get into the story.
A shame, because the world seems pretty neat.
Also a lot of the characters had similar names it was it was a pain in the ass to keep them straight. Authors, I want to like your book, and your characters, and I only have so many brain cells. Help me out, please.