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A review by ablotial
River of Blue Fire by Tad Williams
3.0
This is a tough one to review. I'm wavering between 3 and 4 stars, but I guess I'll round down, even though I did like it and definitely plan to continue through the rest of the series. Why round down? Mainly, due to pace. This book is really long, but not a lot happens. Or well, a lot happens but it doesn't feel like it's really important stuff. The whole book is a series of move to one land, get attacked by something, move to the next land, get attacked by something, move to the next land... it's like, I GET IT ALREADY, THIS PLACE IS FREAKING HUGE! But I have to wonder how many of these lands, or the people/puppets they meet will actually come to matter in the end. There are four books in this series. I have to wonder if it could have made due as a trilogy. I guess I'll find out.
Also- characters. So far, Renie and !Xabbu are being treated as the main characters, I think. But their whole thread kind of annoys me. Renie is too... I guess stereotypical heroine. I'm not a fan. And most of the rest of their crew doesn't interest me either, most of them just seem thrown in so there are more people. One is already dead, and he wasn't really useful. I think he just served to make it harder to tell which sim the bad guys were inhabiting. Meh. Orlando's storyline though <3*sigh*. I look forward to his sections, including the ones now with Catur. He and Fredericks are great, and Beezle. And I also like Christabel's sections, though I think the author doesn't do so well with the 5 year old point of view.
Wow, I hadn't realized just how many characters there are! It's like Game of Thrones... except most of these ones matter less to the plot.
Anyway. I'll continue to read the series. The world that [a:Tad Williams|6587|Tad Williams|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1191183065p2/6587.jpg] has created is pretty interesting, and I want to know what the Brotherhood's plans are, and what the coma kids and the circle have to do with it. I'm hooked!
Also- characters. So far, Renie and !Xabbu are being treated as the main characters, I think. But their whole thread kind of annoys me. Renie is too... I guess stereotypical heroine. I'm not a fan. And most of the rest of their crew doesn't interest me either, most of them just seem thrown in so there are more people. One is already dead, and he wasn't really useful. I think he just served to make it harder to tell which sim the bad guys were inhabiting. Meh. Orlando's storyline though <3*sigh*. I look forward to his sections, including the ones now with Catur. He and Fredericks are great, and Beezle. And I also like Christabel's sections, though I think the author doesn't do so well with the 5 year old point of view.
Wow, I hadn't realized just how many characters there are! It's like Game of Thrones... except most of these ones matter less to the plot.
Anyway. I'll continue to read the series. The world that [a:Tad Williams|6587|Tad Williams|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1191183065p2/6587.jpg] has created is pretty interesting, and I want to know what the Brotherhood's plans are, and what the coma kids and the circle have to do with it. I'm hooked!