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miramanga's review against another edition
1.0
Very, very silly book. The plot is a mix of Shakespeare stories and The Shadowmaster. It's set in ancient Venice and there are monsters in the canals. There are about 100 super short chapters of a few pages each and a similar account of characters.
The Shadowmaster is basically an all-knowing, deus ex-machina personified so even if you did care about any of the annoying characters there was no sense of jeopardy. He even has a scriptwriter on hand to rewrite events so everything turns out alright.
There is no explanation of his special powers or anything to explain the tacky 80s kids cartoon style ending in which the survivors pat each other on the back and make small talk and SECRETS ARE REVEALED (but in a totally flippant and superfluous way.)
I suppose reading the first book in the series would fill in the blanks but nothing could persuade me to do that.
The Shadowmaster is basically an all-knowing, deus ex-machina personified so even if you did care about any of the annoying characters there was no sense of jeopardy. He even has a scriptwriter on hand to rewrite events so everything turns out alright.
There is no explanation of his special powers or anything to explain the tacky 80s kids cartoon style ending in which the survivors pat each other on the back and make small talk and SECRETS ARE REVEALED (but in a totally flippant and superfluous way.)
I suppose reading the first book in the series would fill in the blanks but nothing could persuade me to do that.
sarahgb's review against another edition
1.0
Started to read this but found it really irritating with the similarities to various Shakespearean plays. Disappointed to say I didn't finish it.
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