panSooooooo long and such hard going. I gave it my best shot but just couldn't get into it. It reminded me of walking the 80+ miles of Hadrian's wall - painful, full of stumbling and bumping into people I'll never remember the names of and a strong desire to just get to the end as quickly as possible. I've nothing against Gemmell - maybe his writing just isn't for me.
WHY???? Why do I have to get THIS far into the book before it gets remotely interesting??? Why my Littens? WHY?
bailedI bailed on this one because by page 50, I only thought one scene showed any progress in the story/was interesting. The rest was taking too long, going over the same setting from different perspectives to set up the characters but without moving forward at all. I skipped ahead and it was dry.
"The seeds of doom are planted in every season and need neither sun nor rain to make them grow. You sent a hero to end a small threat, and thus you planted the seeds. Now they grow, and swords will spring from the earth."
"The great god Poseidon does not suffer large ships. He snaps them in two."
Lord of the Silver Bow | 
