Reviews

De gyllene skuggornas stad by Tad Williams

hastati1989's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

helveticaneue's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

tkroeker's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

Imaginative. Twice the length it should be with a disappointing and incomplete ending.  

jjmclellan's review against another edition

2.0

At 784 pages, this book was about 300 pages too long. Lots of details about stuff that had little or no affect on the plot. Also, I found his concept of cyberspace virtual reality tech unconvincing. Seemed to take forever for very little to happen.

I was able to maintain enough interest to skim through the last half of the book, but nowhere near enough to consider reading any of the remaining 3 books in the quadrilogy. I googled for Otherland spoilers and got the gist of what was to come.

bejf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

laileanah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

I haven't reread this in at least a decade. I'm fairly certain I read this series as it was released. 
Either way this holds up better than I expected considering it was published 25 yrs ago. 
I've read that a TV series is being developed based on this series by the team that adapted The Wheel of Time for television.
I hope it gets funded because this would make a fantastic TV show.

kordidarling's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

undeadwookieebooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

3.5

subgirl's review against another edition

2.0

This was the best of the lot. It was not good though. I read it because I felt I had to and it was recommended. Once I started I had to finish it since I will finish a series if I start it. But Oof. Did not like.

petealdin's review against another edition

4.0

Brilliant.