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Book Review: This Scepter'd Isle
Apr. 29th, 2005 04:31 pmToday's book review is This Scepter'd Isle by Mercedes Lackey and Roberta Gellis.
( Unfair expectations, meet mediocre book )
This isn't a bad book. The story is reasonably engaging, and it was interesting to see how it manages to tie itself in to the actual history it interacts with in a way that doesn't strain either my limited understanding of history or my appreciation of the plot. But the characters never really came alive for me as people I cared about, and the writing never quite fully engaged my imagination the way good fantasy writing should. So it's not really a good book either. 6 out of 10.
( Unfair expectations, meet mediocre book )
This isn't a bad book. The story is reasonably engaging, and it was interesting to see how it manages to tie itself in to the actual history it interacts with in a way that doesn't strain either my limited understanding of history or my appreciation of the plot. But the characters never really came alive for me as people I cared about, and the writing never quite fully engaged my imagination the way good fantasy writing should. So it's not really a good book either. 6 out of 10.