Reviews and Comments

I have the audio CD; the recording quality is bad, the reading is bad, the effects are distracting, and I didn't enjoy the experience. If the plot had have been interesting, it might have all equaled out in the end; unfortunately, it wasn't. The writing was uninspired, the plot was slow, the technical details were so utterly incorrect as to be silly, and the book can't decide if it's science fiction or fantasy, and ends up just being silly.

This review is going to be a demonstration of reviewer bias, I guess. When I reviewed sheepfarmers daughter, I wasn't particularly impressed because it[return]was typical fantasy, and that's not really my thing. However, this book is typical space opera, and that is my thing. I personally enjoyed it. Until reading[return]the review just below mine, I even thought the plot was a new one. Yes, I know, I know: I'm probably the only SF fan in the entire history of the universe[return]not to have read anything by Lois Mcmaster Bujold. Look, I've only been around for 18 years or so, and for the first 8 of those I wasn't really reading[return]all that much. I can't have read everything.