Thursday, February 25, 2010

All the Windwracked Stars / Elizabeth Bear

All the Windwracked Stars

(category: fantasy)
could be a standard Viking myth-world? by

Elizabeth Bear

published by Tor / Tom Doherty, New York in 2008
Nick read a new book, in January 2010

Nick's rating: 5 out of 10


Nick's opinion:

Hmm... Not sure what to say about this book... It was a Christmas present, so I don't like to be too harsh -- but I think the author should write for readers rather than for herself. I guess that the book is a spin-off from the old Norse myths. A sort of post-Nordic-apocalypse story of survivor guilt. But really -- who wants to read about people with super-human powers as they struggle with guilt and inability?! At the end -- as far as I can tell -- the heroine saved the world. Possibly. By accepting the role of suffering for the world's sins, of being injured, damaged, destroyed as a reflection of the world's state. But if that's what happened -- why does she glow with good health as the world hits rock bottom?! Ah well. Perhaps it would make more sense if I had the author's deep knowledge of Norse mythology. But that should not be necessary -- in a "good" book.


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