For a first novel it is good. Now don’t let that stop you. Read it. When Terry warms up his story telling is compelling and engaging.
But then that is the problem. He has to warm. He over explains speaks with little boys voice for adult character and repeats himself to frustration. You can almost tell where he stops writing for the day and picked up the next day because he must start warming up again. The reader is constant jarred out of the story, again and again
The story of Richard Cypher is compelling; Terry mixes the mundane, magical and sadistic in his main character extremely well, all the while keeping those same qualities extremely separate in his world. Still Richard is the only dynamic character, the other even k seem like window-dressing to Richard’s evolution. Overall only guy friends have recommended this book tome; most women have not cared for the style.
I will probably move on to the next seven books.
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