Review of Shadowmarch, By Tad Williams

Shadowmarch by Tad Williams
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is the first book I've read by Tad Williams, and I can say that it most likely won't be the last.

It took me a while to get into the book, and the instant I really started to connect to the characters, Kendrick died. Although that might have been what drew me in in the first place, since something was actually happening. From that point on, I wanted to finish it quite badly.

The world in Shadowmarch is many-layered and realistic, and the descriptions are superb. However, I found the political intrigues rather dragging, and didn't really like the hopping from one point of view to the other. I also didn't really care for the fact that hardly any of the questions or mysteries presented in this book were answered by the end. I'm particularly intrigued by the Qar, and why the Autarch chose Qinnitan, and that's probably my chief peeve because I wanted to know more.

But I did enjoy it, and if I find the next book, I will probably buy and add it to my collection.

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