A review by mrbear
Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb

3.0

I haven't been totally sure what to rate this because, like her other books, I didn't like her style. The book proceeds at a snails pace and the protagonist just seems like a complete idiot until she decides to have him buck up in the last 30 pages or so. While the story is interesting and slightly engrossing (due to its harry-potterlike fashion), I found it hard to care what someone like Nevare thought of anything. He seemed incapable of having fun or even living his life in any normal way (he'd react strongly to things many wouldn't even notice and ignore other things that I know would bother everyone...). I'm not sure if I'll read the second one, so I guess I have to say Hobb is 0/2 for me...

After all of this, the book wasn't exactly bad and I have trouble rating it too poorly because it was both readable and had a cool resolution/setup.