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Title: Sheesh
Review: I've read over 2000 fantasy titles, and this is indeed one of the worst. I like some of Jack Vance's other works, but not this one. The characters are foolish idiots, with no redeeming qualities, and the world is a mish-mash of loosely interconnected idiocy. Not even a map was provided to allow one to follow along with some of the characters travels. And the prose! The only other author I've ever read that made me cringe this badly with their prose was James Fenimore Cooper, and he gets the benefit of the doubt since he lived in a day when people often tried to impress us with their wordcraft to hide their lack of actual substance.Honestly, I've owned this book for over 14 years. I still have not managed to read it all the way through. I am stubborn though, and will finish it this time, so it can finally go where it belongs, on a shelf collecting dust. Not recommended.
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