Conbini reviewed Infinity Concerto by Greg Bear
Review of 'Infinity Concerto' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
a tale about fairies and magic and the power of the arts...
short plot description: Michael Perrin, an aspiring young poet, is given a key and instructions by an elderly music composer. Following the instructions he finds himself in a quite different world. The Sidhe are ruling this world by magic and humans (who all somehow are connected to music) are a persecuted minority, only tolerated after a terrible battle which ended in devastation and an uncomfortable truce.
Michael gets assigned to the Crane Sisters, three Breeds (half human, half Sidhe) who train him physically and mentally but give him little information why he was brought into the Pact Lands. After the conclusion of his training he wanders out into the Realm trying to find out why he is crucial to events...
my thoughts: for one reason or the other I never got into this book. Some parts didn't make …
a tale about fairies and magic and the power of the arts...
short plot description: Michael Perrin, an aspiring young poet, is given a key and instructions by an elderly music composer. Following the instructions he finds himself in a quite different world. The Sidhe are ruling this world by magic and humans (who all somehow are connected to music) are a persecuted minority, only tolerated after a terrible battle which ended in devastation and an uncomfortable truce.
Michael gets assigned to the Crane Sisters, three Breeds (half human, half Sidhe) who train him physically and mentally but give him little information why he was brought into the Pact Lands. After the conclusion of his training he wanders out into the Realm trying to find out why he is crucial to events...
my thoughts: for one reason or the other I never got into this book. Some parts didn't make sense to me other than as a plot device to reveal some necessary information so we can get to the next part. Mostly I felt as if this novel was constructed using a checklist. The pacing and the world building felt uneven and I didn't care for any of the characters.
my advice: for me this was just another fantasy novel, not bad but not really good. There is better fantasy out there...