The Mirror of Her Dreams (Mordant's Need, #1)

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Kenneth Hindle-May It's not a fast book by any means. Donaldson is never an easy author to read - he makes the reader work pretty damn hard before the payoff. That has i…moreIt's not a fast book by any means. Donaldson is never an easy author to read - he makes the reader work pretty damn hard before the payoff. That has its benefits, but it's a style that's fallen out of fashion with modern readers accustomed to more accessible writing.

This particular book is a slow burner. I came to it as a big Donaldson fan having read the Gap Series and Thomas Covenant books, but I remember really struggling with it. I laboured my way through it and then, about 75% of the way through, the story just takes off like a rocket and proceeds at pace through the entire second book. I'd say the main plot really demands this, though, and wouldn't work any other way.

So in summary, it is a slow burner so just enjoy the nice world and really original magical concepts safe in the knowledge that it does eventually pick up!(less)
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