/lit/ - Literature

Goddamn. The review I read for this claimed that the book has an awesome beginning and end, but drags A LOT in the middle... and they weren't fucking kidding. Jesus Christ. I'm about 70% through this and I haven't skimmed pages like this since I read Malazan which sucks because the first 6 chapters are really great, but then the next 10 chapters are the slog of slogs. Aside from a battle and some nice prose here and there you can pretty much skip through most of that middle section and have a perfectly clear idea of what's going on story-wise. Such a damn shame too because the first 6 chapters are some fantastic Sword & Sorcery, but that middle-section is mostly just dull, pointless politics and intrigue between two nations with a dull, pointless female character leading the way. Not to mention the characterization of Kane just feels WAY off in regards to this shitty female character. Hopefully this story picks up now.