Robert Newcomb
Autore di The Fifth Sorceress
Sull'Autore
Serie
Opere di Robert Newcomb
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Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Newcomb, Robert
- Altri nomi
- Barclay, Robert
- Data di nascita
- 1951-02-14
- Sesso
- male
- Luogo di residenza
- Florida, USA
- Istruzione
- Colgate University (BA|Economics)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 12
- Utenti
- 1,205
- Popolarità
- #21,315
- Voto
- 3.1
- Recensioni
- 10
- ISBN
- 43
- Lingue
- 3
- Preferito da
- 3
Sorry, where were we? Oh yes, council of wizards more or less in charge. New king shortly, prince with Special Magic Powers due to be crowned. Cue return of 'ancient and unspeakable evil'. But it's all right, apparently there's a prophecy that says the Prince With Special Magic Powers will handle it...
I am now left wondering why, with a back cover so loaded with tired old tripe, I am even in possession of this thing. There's a 3 for 2 sticker on it, so maybe it was the third book that day. I still feel robbed, frankly.
There seems to be a (not very deeply buried) subtext here of 'man with power = Good, woman with power = Evil', which would be annoying enough, but the unspeakable evil of these powerful women seems mainly to involve non-consensual sex, and it's not even particularly imaginative at that. Hell, the Gor books did that better, and that's saying something.
Poorly thought out, poorly plotted, poorly proofed (see Page 18, where the four banishees are described as a blond, a redhead and two brunettes, and then by pages 19 & 20 the leader has grey-streaked black hair and the one standing next to her has jet black hair), overall just... poor.
In case you were wondering, I would not recommend this book.… (altro)