I'm not sure I would agree that WoT would've been so much better with only a handful of PoVs. That he could've cut some here and there, yes, of course, but if you read the books without the pressure of several years of anticipation, much of the multi-PoV stuff is pretty good, I'd say.
Can't agree. During my reread I read them back and back and grew increasingly frustrated by the growing fractured nature of the story.
I haven't counted how many PoVs this book has, but definitely a lot. As I mentioned to RT, it allows Williams to handle the same storylines from multiple different angles, such as for instance the tension, even after 30+ years of ruling together, between Simon's approach to ruling and Miriamele's, considering he grew up a kitchen boy and she a princess. Or their broadly similar but still distinct ways of handling their wayward grandson.
Hmmm. After that comment it sounds like I may not read this trilogy. Maybe. We'll see. I don't have much fantasy/sci-fi in my to read list.
Review: Tad Williams' The Witchwood Crown
- 28/01/2018 04:04:36 PM
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Great review
- 29/01/2018 12:20:08 PM
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I didn't read the novella - looking at the summary, I'd say you don't really need to.
- 29/01/2018 03:35:49 PM
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Sanderson is good. I like his work.
- 30/01/2018 03:36:34 PM
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being old I dislike most new things
- 29/01/2018 02:06:29 PM
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