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Title: You're kidding, right?
Review: I found a copy of "The Iron Tower" in a shoebox of books I bought at a yard sale recently. I read the back cover and was greeted with the line, "Dennis L. McKiernan's Mithgar books are among the most beloved in all of fantasy fiction." Well this book is a must read then, right? Right??Don't believe everything you read.I struggled about a third of the way into the 600 page novel before I realized this was one of the worst fantasy novels I had ever read. Never mind the derivative story; the novel itself is badly written. One of the most glaring problems is the excessive use of passive voice. While it is not techincally wrong, it comes off as amateur and hackneyed. Also, any time an author uses "lo!" in the course of his writing, and is attempting a serious tone, I cringe. I cringed a lot while reading this.
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