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A review by lundos
A Shadow of All Night Falling: Book One of A Cruel Wind by Glen Cook
3.0
The first ~65% is a complete mess of name dropping - both character names and places - and the story shifts back and forth between characters and time jumping around Pulp Fiction style.
The writing style is abrupt and jarring and while this makes sort of sense in the Black Company (just read that again a couple of days ago), here it's just annoying and difficult to get into. The characters aren't as likeable as Croaker, Elmo and One-eye, and the plot is ... well... very hard to understand. Even after reading the ending.
There are some real genius in some of this, but it's very hard getting a reading flow, since some of it is dropped without forewarning and without a possibility to even guess.
On a side note some of the characters could/must be inspiration for SE. E.g. Saltimbanco/Mocker insiration for both Pust and Kruppe? Funny language, playing an unimposing clown, mule, smarter than they seem, etc.
The writing style is abrupt and jarring and while this makes sort of sense in the Black Company (just read that again a couple of days ago), here it's just annoying and difficult to get into. The characters aren't as likeable as Croaker, Elmo and One-eye, and the plot is ... well... very hard to understand. Even after reading the ending.
Spoiler
I get that it was the Star Rider wanting to kill the two old Princes of the Dread Empire, but who is the Star Rider? Who is the Director? The Dark Lady must be deathThere are some real genius in some of this, but it's very hard getting a reading flow, since some of it is dropped without forewarning and without a possibility to even guess.
On a side note some of the characters could/must be inspiration for SE. E.g. Saltimbanco/Mocker insiration for both Pust and Kruppe? Funny language, playing an unimposing clown, mule, smarter than they seem, etc.