Member Reviews
Interesting & very eloquently simple & palatable form of telling of an Irish style tale could be read to children or by young adults that older might enjoy. Oddly, it is like a massive Irish tale that has been Christianized & would have flowed better if used in more pagan type settings with all the magic. Here it is Christian miracles whereas if pagan is evil. This is a historical fantasy of Ireland long ago circa 11th/12th century. It begins with a young man & his trials, tribulations & travels from being the son of a tyrant into being taught & trained how to be a prince during a period of time where there were many small kings & kingdoms of Ireland. There were those that thought to unite all of Ireland under one king & what it would cost was heavy. Definitely with a more modern new age type spirituality. This was a warlike time of clans & petty kings which is brought up but not shown in the magnitude of gore & violence. The idea behind this is he man taken in by a minor king to be used to unite Ireland which at the time would have amounted to herding & taming a large group of cats. Boru might have almost done it had he lived longer earlier. This is the tale of his beginning quest.
I am rather unconvinced by this book. The world building left me confuse and was poorly explained, in my opinion. The characters were fine, some better than others but I didn't care much for them in the end. I must admit that the pacing was rather good and I wanted to know what would happen next. I am writing this review a few days after having finished this book and I don't remember much, wether it's good or bad so I think I will give this book a 2.5 stars.