Half a Great Book
Feb. 16th, 2012 11:50 pmAug 2011
Red Seas under Red Skies - Scott Lynch - Gollancz, 2007
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"Rollicking" is a wonderful word and there are not nearly enough excuses to use it. So it's good to read something for which it is an entirely appropriate epithet. It's also pleasing to see a follow-up novel where the author has clearly analysed and addressed the issues of the first. Though only in the second half.
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Red Seas under Red Skies - Scott Lynch - Gollancz, 2007
* * * *
"Rollicking" is a wonderful word and there are not nearly enough excuses to use it. So it's good to read something for which it is an entirely appropriate epithet. It's also pleasing to see a follow-up novel where the author has clearly analysed and addressed the issues of the first. Though only in the second half.
( Read more... )