Gameboard of the Gods (Age of X, Bk 1)
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Genres: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Author:
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
The teaser on the back of the book says
"When man does away with the Gods they come back with a vengeance"
The only thing that came on with a vengeance for me was boredom. The book was about 200 pages too long, and - cards on the table - the only reason I finished it was because I read it for a challenge and was about 1/3 rd the way into it before I realized it was going to be a snoozer.
Don't get me wrong it is well written. The author did a bangup job defining the characters and giving us the lay of the land. She made them believable. Gameboard of the Gods is probably supposed to be a mystery but is more a character study. There is considerable world building - of the political & psychological kind
But I was expecting an adventure and what I got was a character study; a lot of groundwork for an epic story and a mystery that probably encompassed about 40 pages and was solved in the last 10 or so pages with a wimper.
"When man does away with the Gods they come back with a vengeance"
The only thing that came on with a vengeance for me was boredom. The book was about 200 pages too long, and - cards on the table - the only reason I finished it was because I read it for a challenge and was about 1/3 rd the way into it before I realized it was going to be a snoozer.
Don't get me wrong it is well written. The author did a bangup job defining the characters and giving us the lay of the land. She made them believable. Gameboard of the Gods is probably supposed to be a mystery but is more a character study. There is considerable world building - of the political & psychological kind
But I was expecting an adventure and what I got was a character study; a lot of groundwork for an epic story and a mystery that probably encompassed about 40 pages and was solved in the last 10 or so pages with a wimper.
