Admittedly, I have not read any of the other books of the series, but I had head a lot of good things about it and thought this was a good opportunity to give it a try. Apparently, it was not. Though I surely missed some of the background explained in the previous books, it was possible to get the
gist of what was going on, however I wished there was some more introduction for naive readers like…mehrAdmittedly, I have not read any of the other books of the series, but I had head a lot of good things about it and thought this was a good opportunity to give it a try. Apparently, it was not. Though I surely missed some of the background explained in the previous books, it was possible to get the gist of what was going on, however I wished there was some more introduction for naive readers like me starting in the middle (or end) of a series.
Apart from that, I had a hard time to connect to any of the characters, as the plot seemed rushed and somewhat unpolished - even the writing was not as top-notch as I would have expected, at best I thought it was practiced, but not outstanding or remarkable. In the end, this was just an OK read for me - I wonder if this umpteenth sequel shares the fate of so many series which have just been going on for too long and are long dead and done before the author seemed to have recognized it. I do have a copy of The Keep which I will definitely dig out of my stack and get into sooner or later and of which I still have the highest expectations, but I'm not sure I will follow the series to the very end from there.
