Paul reviewed The Middle Kingdom by David Wingrove
Review of 'The Middle Kingdom' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
There is a lot going on in this novel, which makes a pretty much clean break with the the backstory presented in the first two novels in the series. This isn't a bad thing in itself - and Wingrove certainly handles it all very well indeed - but you do have to pay attention to keep track of what is going on.
I will be picking up the next book in the series at some point but, right now, I can't help feeling that the events in the first two novels were more interesting that the dynastic power struggles we are now into.
There is a lot going on in this novel, which makes a pretty much clean break with the the backstory presented in the first two novels in the series. This isn't a bad thing in itself - and Wingrove certainly handles it all very well indeed - but you do have to pay attention to keep track of what is going on.
I will be picking up the next book in the series at some point but, right now, I can't help feeling that the events in the first two novels were more interesting that the dynastic power struggles we are now into.