Kelly McCullough
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- Nome legal
- McCullough, Kelly David
- Data de nascimento
- 1967-08-12
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- North Dakota, USA
- Locais de residência
- Menomonie, Wisconsin, USA
- Relações
- Laura (wife)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 17
- Also by
- 8
- Membros
- 2,608
- Popularidade
- #9,850
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 55
- ISBN
- 73
- Línguas
- 1
- Marcado como favorito
- 4
In some ways it was diverting and intriguing, but the problem was more in the execution. McCullough relies a bit too much on coincidence and unspoken rules. He doesn't ever spell out Triss' powers so each time Aral ran into some sort of problem he couldn't talk, kill or escape his way out of, Triss had the answer. She had a near unlimited bag of tricks it seemed and that ruined the suspense for me.
The world McCullough sets up was certainly the highlight of the book for me. I enjoy fantasy world politics and dark humor, both of which are in abundance here. The world is populated by the ruthless, god and mortal alike, who manipulate and scheme to oust one and other. Aral, by his current and former occupations, finds himself stuck in the middle of these machinations more often than not, which leads to some hairy situations.
This is in many ways set up like a mystery, the fantasy elements incidental and sometimes a distraction from the plot. You have beautiful woman, shady deal, murder and deceit--I kind of expected Sam Spade to jump out or Matlock to ring a peal over the culprits' heads. McCullough tried to combine too many genres at once, not really meshing them together in a coherent fashion hat didn't have one trying to dominate.
As I said though this was diverting and did keep me interested throughout. I didn't feel a pressing need to finish it right away, nor did I miss any sleep over it, but it kept me entertained consistently.
Review was originally posted at Night Owl Reviews… (mais)