Review: Flashes of Interesting Glitter in A Sea of Disorganization
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 13, 2014
Different people get different things from a book or series of books.  Some people obviously loved the Mystic Saga.  I didn't.  I found the first of the five books inconsistently paced and pointlessly twisty. I didn't understand the characters or the story line at all.  I almost put the whole thing down as a waste of time, but decided to tough it out.  If I'd had to buy a second installment in the series separately, I would have given up on the whole thing.As it unfolded, I found a few flashes of interest.  But overall, the characters of the saga were too thinly developed to retain my interest or empathy.  Some of the action is entertaining and some of the story sub plots left me asking "what was this for?"  I suspect that Scott McElhaney may be a better writer than this series would lead us to believe.  But it may be a while before I try something else of his to test that premise.