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A review by ferrisscottr
Age of Death by Michael J. Sullivan
2.0
I have read every novel and short story that Sullivan has ever published and consider him to be one of the preeminent writers on the planet today and this was the first time I've ever counted the pages to find out how much longer the books was, it was the first time ever I had to force myself to pick the book up and continue reading.
The world building was fine, the characters were fine ~ my issue had to do with the lack of story/plot. It felt like 400 pages of filler. Everything that happened in this book could have fit into one chapter and when you drag one chapter out for 400 pages it become mind numbingly boring.
Here's my plot summary:
Suri is captive.
Persephone doesn't know what to do.
The Fhrey want dragons.
Everyone else travels across the land of the dead.
The end.
Hoping that Mr. Sullivan gets his mojo back in the next book as I generally love his writing and look forward to each new book he puts out but for me this book was a miss. I notice that it gets very high ratings/reviews so maybe it's just me.
The world building was fine, the characters were fine ~ my issue had to do with the lack of story/plot. It felt like 400 pages of filler. Everything that happened in this book could have fit into one chapter and when you drag one chapter out for 400 pages it become mind numbingly boring.
Here's my plot summary:
Suri is captive.
Persephone doesn't know what to do.
The Fhrey want dragons.
Everyone else travels across the land of the dead.
The end.
Hoping that Mr. Sullivan gets his mojo back in the next book as I generally love his writing and look forward to each new book he puts out but for me this book was a miss. I notice that it gets very high ratings/reviews so maybe it's just me.