Comments on: First Impressions: 100 pages of Leviathan http://thejamesreview.com/first-impressions-leviathan/ book reviews by james m. toburen Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:27:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: james m. toburen http://thejamesreview.com/first-impressions-leviathan/comment-page-1/#comment-35 james m. toburen Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:02:17 +0000 http://thejamesreview.com/?p=577#comment-35 @N. R. Alexander The nice thing is that even if one of the narrators isn't particularly sympathetic, this is a pretty light young adult novel, so it takes only 3-5 minutes to finish each chapter. But I'm happy to say that Aleksandar Ferdinand, while not as interesting as Deryn/Dylan Sharp, is not as unexciting as he was in the opening pages. I had the same problem with Abercrombie's Best Served Cold, when the narrative followed the poisoner, Morveer. It's not that it was boring, but I simply didn't care as much about him as I did about Monza, or Shivers, or Friendly (let's be honest though, Friendly is a hard character to top). @N. R. Alexander The nice thing is that even if one of the narrators isn’t particularly sympathetic, this is a pretty light young adult novel, so it takes only 3-5 minutes to finish each chapter. But I’m happy to say that Aleksandar Ferdinand, while not as interesting as Deryn/Dylan Sharp, is not as unexciting as he was in the opening pages.

I had the same problem with Abercrombie’s Best Served Cold, when the narrative followed the poisoner, Morveer. It’s not that it was boring, but I simply didn’t care as much about him as I did about Monza, or Shivers, or Friendly (let’s be honest though, Friendly is a hard character to top).

]]> By: N. R. Alexander http://thejamesreview.com/first-impressions-leviathan/comment-page-1/#comment-34 N. R. Alexander Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:34:13 +0000 http://thejamesreview.com/?p=577#comment-34 I have this somewhere in the pile of review copies that have been coming through lately, and I'm excited to work my way to it. The problem of a single unsympathetic narrator has come up a lot in the books I've read recently; it's not quite enough to make me give up, but the slog through their chapters can be a real turn-off on the whole. I have this somewhere in the pile of review copies that have been coming through lately, and I’m excited to work my way to it. The problem of a single unsympathetic narrator has come up a lot in the books I’ve read recently; it’s not quite enough to make me give up, but the slog through their chapters can be a real turn-off on the whole.

]]> By: Harry Markov http://thejamesreview.com/first-impressions-leviathan/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Harry Markov Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:18:33 +0000 http://thejamesreview.com/?p=577#comment-33 And yet another reason, why I *must* have this book. And yet another reason, why I *must* have this book.

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