Denise Lopes Heald
Autore di Mistwalker
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 20th century
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Idaho, USA
- Istruzione
- California State University, Sacramento (BA|Journalism)
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- Opere
- 4
- Opere correlate
- 4
- Utenti
- 101
- Popolarità
- #188,710
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 1
Half the book passes before Mistwalker finds its rhythm, and even when its characters shake free from obtrusive romance-novel clichés, they never become memorable. There are some terrific action set-pieces in the novel, including an incredible scene where voracious creatures overrun a barricaded town, but Mistwalker is unable to sustain the tension of these high points. Instead, it subsides, again and again, into the First-Novel doldrums, and its characters are forced into illogical actions in order to drag the plot along. (And, oh god, those obtrusive romance-novel clichés reappear in the eleventh hour.)
But who cares, because Ver Day's green, green world is an excellent SF sandbox, and its depiction of a Wild West frontier-planet populated by radical environmentalists is fascinating. Mistwalker skimps on the human beings, but it nails the setting. I can't remember the last time I read a book that got the psychology of tropical forests -- the humidity, the rot, the insects -- so precisely.… (altro)