I tried a new author. His name is Andrzej Sapkowski and the book was The Tower of Fools. I got as far as page 116 out of 549 and decided I was too old to waste any more time.
The author wrote well and threw in a bit of humor. I still did not finish the book.
The book is one of those synergisms of historical fiction mixed with fantasy. Or it was fantasy set in a historical setting. You choose. As far as I could tell the author was well versed in the time leading up to the Protestant Reformation. He threw out exotic names which I would assume were fairly accurate. He understood the theology and church politics of the era.
My problem is what I find in a lot of modern fiction. None of the characters were worth caring about. The supposed hero had a few things going for him: Youth, looks and medical training. Unfortunately it was molded in the first 116 pages of nothing but adultery, murder, lies and theft. Even his medical training was mainly a disguise for being a wizard. His charms and hexes had already bailed him of out several situation. Deus ex machina.
I kept waiting for him to share some behavior that was better than a five year old in a candy store, but it was not to be.
I will keep looking and meanwhile go back to The Brothers Karamazov.
homo unius libri
Friday, April 29, 2022
Opus 2022-141: Book Review: Why Bother
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Comments are welcome. Feel free to agree or disagree but keep it clean, courteous and short. I heard some shorthand on a podcast: TLDR, Too long, didn't read.