BobQuasit reviewed Bearing an Hourglass by Piers Anthony (Incarnations of Immortality #2)
Mediocrity interspersed with PAIN
2 stars
The first book in the series (On A Pale Horse) was pretty good, albeit juvenile.
But this book is a HUGE nosedive in quality. Tolerable sections alternate with painfully stupid ones that purport to mock the tropes of old-time science fiction and fantasy, but they just don't work. This sort of stuff might have been considered clever in the 1930s, but - actually no. This sort of stuff is just painful for ANY era. The only reason I'm not giving this one star is because there are a few books which feel like the author is a complete deviant who is trying to r@pe readers through his book. This book isn't quite that bad.
But lord, it isn't good.
The first book in the series (On A Pale Horse) was pretty good, albeit juvenile.
But this book is a HUGE nosedive in quality. Tolerable sections alternate with painfully stupid ones that purport to mock the tropes of old-time science fiction and fantasy, but they just don't work. This sort of stuff might have been considered clever in the 1930s, but - actually no. This sort of stuff is just painful for ANY era. The only reason I'm not giving this one star is because there are a few books which feel like the author is a complete deviant who is trying to r@pe readers through his book. This book isn't quite that bad.
But lord, it isn't good.
