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Will someone get this man an editor?! I took the 2nd of the three books out of the library this weekend. It's 500+ pages. I skipped chunks. Whole chapters. 1/6th in, I was muttering "Shut up!" to Linden Avery, Stave... well, everyone.
*SPOILERS*
Okay, here's the plot of #1: Linden had adopted a kid who she figures out is somehow getting translated to The Land when she's not looking. Covenent's son Roger (grown up) is eeeeeevil, , kidnaps his nutter mom from Linden's psych ward, kidnaps Linden's son, shoots both of them, and *zap* they're all in The Land.
(skipping TONS of yapping and funky fantasy-type names and places here)
Thousands of years have passed again, the Bloodguard have taken over, things have basically gone to hell in a handbasket. Linden does lots of heroic quest stuff, makes enemies and friends, and the cliffhanger ending is (dead) Covenant and her son--no longer autistic) riding to Revelstone while being chased by several forms of bad guys.
#2: Linden doesn't trust Covenant, is all wrecked up over her son, and they all do more quest stuff. [insert angst, arguments, recriminations, dire prophecies, and more angst here] She drinks EarthBlood 3/4 of the way through this tome. Oops! It's not Covenant, it's eeeevil Roger in disguise! [insert more angst and self-recriminations and dire warnings] 2 pages from the end, she really, truly reincarnates Covenant--and he says: "What have you done?" Oops, again.
In my very opinionated opinion, All this could have been accomplished in about 300 pages. Maybe less. I don't want to be bored by Covenant! He's the only anti-hero I like. I have all 6 original books on my shelf and I'm actually worried--if I open them, will I be just as bored and annoyed? I remember being fascinated by them in HS.
Well. Thanks for listening. Oy. Going to read something much shorter now.