Review: A New Twist on a Popular Genre
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 10, 2011
I picked up Sable City because I like this genre, and it did more than fulfill my expectations.First off, it's really long, which suits me. There's nothing like a nice long read. And there was plenty here to sink my teeth into. The descriptions were rich and engaging. The characters are grounded in real emotions, and speak in their own voice. Nothing about this world is generic or poorly thought out. There is an original sight or sound at every turn.We start out on a small island with a girl named Matilda as she is recruited to search for a John Deskata, a member of Matilda's "house". Though we follow her for most of the journey to the very scary Vod'Adia; through meetings over plains, plot twists in ancient cities and epic battles against hobgoblins; we do see the story through the eyes of multiple people, (wizards, centurions, dwarves etc...) and as the story progresses we understand why (I won't say).There are more than a few surprises here, and I am really working hard to not give them away.On the negative side, some of the descriptions went on very long, and did not pay off, so I found myself skimming past because I needed to know what happened next. Also, I was not told why the characters were doing what they were doing for the first hundred pages or so, which I find frustrating. But I still couldn't put it down, and I was rewarded. So I'm not hanging too much on that.