by Stephen R. Lawhead
The storyline and premise was interesting to begin with: an extinct animal found in Scotland to the delight of a bored, young privileged man at Oxford and then a meeting with the Green Man. However delightful the story may seem, however, the writing must carry it almost singularly, and it certainly ...
The book begins with two Oxford history students, Lewis and Simon, who drive to Scotland to look into a mysterious appearance of an aurochs and end up in the Otherworld. It's your basic, lost in another world plot. Unfortunately this book is one of the poorer executions. The plot of the novel is p...
A very early Stephen Lawhead, Paradise War falls in between Taliesan and Hood for me. It has the majestic world building of Taliesan with the grinding prose of Hood. As long as your in it for the plot your good. If you're in it for lyrical wordsmithing or believable character development your out of...
Does not have the characteristics I usually look for when search for potential fantasy favorites (I like a magically powerful hero, 1 POV), but Lawhead's writing style is wonderful.
The best book of the Trilogy. Books series that get into any sort of politicking and serious business after a really fantastical start lose me. This book however is great :D
This series about a modern-day man who gets sucked into a parallel Celtic fantasy world and becomes its mythic ruler is about as Marty Stu as it gets, and yet I enjoyed it.
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