| Value for Money | 6.3/10  |
|---|---|
| Reviewer Rating | 6.5/10 |
| Overall Rating | 6.5/10  |
By zoodemon
on 18th Oct 2007
| Format | Paperback |
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| Value for money | 8/10 |
| Overall value | 8/10 |
 zoodemon's recommendation | |
A comfortable read, interesting story and historic passages.
A few messy french dialect scenes, book needs pointless character passages cut.
I generally enjoyed the book. i had read it without any preconceptions and found i settled into it easily. His characters are not the deepest, but they are only there as subplot, as the appeal of the book comes from stories of religious heritage, mysterious society's and our fascination with spirit belief. If you need your books to be anything more than stocking fillers then this book will leave you rather unfulfilled.
The story has good pace, teasing you with dark locations and then tearing you away to the temporary sanctuary of the next dark corner. In many ways i liked the short chapters switching between characters and scenes, but it also dilutes the plot of the book, more so later on in the book when the characters seem less real.
I think the main problem with the book is the author's failure to maintain character structure. Having the grail plot told through a jumble of characters works until the plot is needed to come out. When it finally arrives, he's still bound to tell it through his characters, his chosen method. However with the plot being centre stage, the characters have to step back into scenery. This creates a false character effect when compared throughout book, as in some real and some not. Unfortunately I think this detracts from the book's final appeal, as the story loses some of it's integrity when the author gives up on his characters.
still worth a read and highly recommended.
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Total Respect: +1
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