musereader says
I don't get it, this book wasn't that good. The main character can't keep his secret to save anybody's life, LITERALLY, one page he's like, this must be secret - the next somebody is telling somebody else. And he can't do what he is told - Kepp the dog and boy close - no I'll send him to the other kingdom WTF? The writing was dire - half the book was exposition and unecessary history - did we really need to know the entire history of witch hunts? No all we needed to know was that witches were hunted. If she really wanted to tell us the history she could have put it in a character's mouth instead of having entire chapters where it is just writer explaining to reader. There is a concept called the fourth wall, and it can be beneficial to break it but not all the time, you are supposed to set the background without the reader noticing. Admitedly concept, imagery and characters were good, but that comes to nothing without the story telling.
posted Sunday, August 26 2007
do not own, fantasy, fiction, fiona mcintosh, political intrigue, rsj, the quickening