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Originally Posted by Iridal
I really enjoyed War of the Flowers. I've reread it a couple of times. I remember it took me a long time to get into the story too, but once it gets going I couldn't put it down anymore.
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Just finished it. For me it was a struggle to get through and I normally like thick tomes. I only really got drawn into the story in the last 150 pages or so and the ending was very good.
I think the pace of the book is the largest drawback. There's pages and pages of nothing much happening and things are described in a very verbose style (often repeated descriptions multiple times).
There was one point during the dialogue between Theo and the Remover of Inconvenient Obstacles where I wanted to shout at them to get to the point already. It also seemed that Theo wanted the Remover to get to the point, but the redeemer actually says something to the effect that he's going to tell his story in HIS way... and resorts to a very long drawn-out tale. Which could have been done in a quarter of the length of text without missing any of the impact.