![]() ![]() Shee comes very close to this level of brutality, with everyone a potential death scene, and some I would expect some to view as overly cruel (not me though. I said in my Stone review that the book contained one of the most brutal deaths I'd had the pleasure to read. But the advantage of this is that more characters means more meat for the grinder. This book seemed to have double the characters compared to previous Donnelly fare, and at times this felt stretched a little too far, especially as more were literally shipped in for the final act! Towards the end, I was on occasion hit by the old 'Who is this again?'. ![]() However, I felt we had a bit of a trade off here. I know its a trope to put in reviews, but the landscapes and scenery were as important as the characters.Īnd speaking of. ![]() The bogs and woods, the villages and beaches. The book is drenched in ancient folklore, and the scenes? Lordy, not felt I was standing right there in a book for so long. What's this? Ireland and not Scotland? Ah, Mr Donnelly, you've pulled the ol' switcheroo.a bit.īecause while the setting is a little different from all the Donnelly books I've read thus far (rural Scotland for those playing along at home), all his trademark touches are here. ![]()
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