Talk:The Videssos Cycle

Thoughts on the V Cycle
The back cover bills this as "one of the most beloved series in fantasy." I assume that's an exaggeration. The overall plot is passable, and the characters are likable and dynamic, but the page count needed a few editing jobs to cut it down to size. A large part of the text is just a long list of military maneuvers in one battle after another, and the battles all begin to feel the same after a while. The series was first described to me as the Roman Empire meets Middle Earth, but it's really just a Roman Empire story with a thin veneer of fantasy tacked on. I wonder why HT felt the need to create a parallel world rather than simply setting a historical fantasy in the Roman Empire. Should I read the Krispos books, or do they have the same level of tediousness?JonathanMarkoff (talk) 09:03, May 30, 2017 (UTC)