by Miles Cameron
Through most of it didn't care enough, by the end I was quite interested in what was going to happen to some of the characters.
The debut fantasy novel from a historical fiction author, The Red Knight is equal parts frustrating and promising. Frustrating because it is incredibly long and feels as if a good proportion of the story told from the perspective of the minor characters could have been left out and not harmed the st...
I enjoyed this book quite a bit. The story is immensely entertaining and keeps your mind working to try to figure out what is going on. I must say that it took me a while to settle into the setting of the book. This is the first fantasy book that keeps close to christian religion. It kinda threw me ...
This is going to be a difficult book to review, because there were times I loved it, times I hated it, times I was absolutely engaged in the story and times when I was bored senseless. An ambitious début, The Red Knight uses the well-used tropes of medieval epic fantasy to tell the story of a compan...
This is very much an epic book with wonderful prose. But prepare for a time investment to come up to speed on everything. Personally, I think it was worth it.My full review:http://wildersbookreview.com/2013/07/26/the-red-knight-by-miles-cameron/
Tries unsuccessfully to mine the "grimmer" Abercrombie's and Mark Lawrence's headspace by emulating a very colloquial dialogue style, specially among their military characters. The structure of the book is in short sections from multiple points-of-view and it doesn't work well in terms of narrative ...