Title: Oh Please, Why Do People Like This??
Product review: This is just about the worst book I have ever read . It is all predictably plot-driven with no character development. The men are ignoramous oafs who have no clue as to what is or why things are going on around them. The women can only be strong or intelligent if they are: 1) freaks who live in the woods; 2) hideous; or 3) raped and brutalized. The sexuality and the violence described is completely disturbing. Not to mention that I am not persuaded that the author has portrayed 12th century society. The speech and attitudes seem like something out of the 1970s, not King Stephen's age. The suspense was cliched and the writing just went on and on. Kill off the bad guys already, I thought, and be done with it. If you want good suspense, read Forsyth. If you want Middle Ages, read the Doomsday Book by Connie Willis.
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