Tuesday, April 23, 2024

The Beasts of Barrakhai - Mickey Zucker Reichert

Daw, 2001, 347 pages
ISBN: 07564-0040-6
Read: August 2023, age 45

Beasts of Barakhai, book 1 of 2

Maybe it's just that I don't find animals as magical as the author does (see: The Cool Stuff Theory of Literature), but this book really didn't land for me.  I didn't like the characters, and found the setting idea kind of interesting but poorly executed - not much about it hit me as 'cool'.  And all of this wasn't rescued by any kind of novel plot.  
 
It was a disappointing read, made even more disappointing since I remember highly enjoying this author's works in the (relatively distant) past.
 
Rating: 2

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