Title: Ugh
Product review: This is the sort of review that I hate to write. I'm not a great writer so I hesitate to criticize anyone's work...but it must be done.This book is simplistic. The reader can easily see that it was written in the mid-80s, before content and quality became necessary in top-notch fantasy. Saberhagen takes different fantasy concepts, throws them into a blender and out comes the story.The biggest mistake is using a straight-forward narrative style. Saberhagen uses no more than 2 to 3 lines of dialogue per page. He covers immense amounts of action with only a few lines..completely removing any drama that could have been there.Additionally, the first 20 pages had some of the most atrocious grammer I've ever seen. Saberhagen liberally used the passive tense and sprinkled the pages with fragments and run-on sentences (I hate to point out the last two because I believe an author has the right to put them into his own work) To his credit, the book gets better. But it's still an inferior work.
Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
