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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
I remember now that he writes very dense, heavy, wordy almost purple prose. Normally I don't like that style, but with these books, the author pulls it off, IMO. He uses tons of adverbs and adjectives, and yet they ALL add to the text somehow, I find. It's lush, exotic.
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My criticism was for instance, the city I mentioned in my review. They are in an underground shelter. Where was the city in relation to it? Was it also underground? If so, what illumination would there be from above? And Ronin, what did he do for a living in Freehold? He didn't serve a Shogun. How did he earn his keep? From memory, the book was very vague on details like this.
I don't mind dense, wordy prose. I like it especially when it comes to description. I liked the section you posted. That sounded like something I would enjoy.
I'll try them again. I remember the covers from my Ballantine trilogy were beautiful.