Voyage of the Shadowmoon

I couldn't finish the book either, and I was about halfway through when I gave up.

The problem was that nothing about the book could hold my interest. In the beginning, I wanted to understand more about everything - who the characters were (their histories, their personalities, their abilities), what the plot was (what's going on with this ship? with that continent? etc), the way magic works and its role in the world. At halfway through, I had far, far more questions than answers, and none of the characters seemed likable (with the possible exception of the vampire). I just did not see any prospect for answering questions more than raising questions, so I gave up.

The writing was fine, but the storytelling was altogether unsatisfactory.

Took me about 75 pages to get into - McMullen's style is different than I'm used to and it was a little hard to follow. Once I got used to the style, I couldn't put the book down - similar to the reaction I had when first reading Steven Erikson's Gardens of the Moon.

The most entertaining fantasy novel of all time, bar none. Tolkien would be lucky to be asked to press McMullen's pants.

An interesting, fresh fantasy world to romp around in.

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