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The Skin Map (2010)

by Stephen R. Lawhead(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1400316731 (ISBN13: 9781400316731)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Thomas Nelson Publishers

series

Bright Empires

review 1: I like the premise of this book but I found that it dragged without much action. One, the book is front loaded with too much dialogue that is obviously "telling" in order to do the world building. I much prefer to have the world and its mechanics shown to me. Two, one of the characters (the protagonist's girlfriend) is plopped down into a strange 17th century alternative world and immediately goes into business as a baker with a man she met on the road. Totally unbelievable for this reader. She should have been freaking out, instead she seemed stronger and more comfortable than the man did! I stopped reading right there.
review 2: I keep waiting for Lawhead's books to be as good as the friend that recommended them to me. Unfortunately, Skin Map has a great prem... moreise (time travel, ley lines, history, adventure, parallel universes) that ultimately don't pan out. It is filled with slow pacing, slow descriptions, and slow buildup with thin characters that finally get fleshed out near the end but by that time the book is over; not to mention constant witching times and places making it convoluted and a confusing mess. On the positive side, if you enjoy a slow paced book with a few peaks, several valleys, and no gratuitous sex and violence then this might be the book for you. less

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