Harkfast Q6

clash_bowley

Did you enjoy reading this book? Would you go back for more from this author?

Apocryphal

I enjoyed the book. To the best of my knowledge he mostly wrote romances, which don't interest me at all, so I don't think I'll be double-dipping into the author. But if he had written a sequel to this, I'd read it.

RichardAbbott

It was very bleak, and I tend to like books that are rather more upbeat and optimistic. (Even if set in a fundamentally pessimistic part of history, as this is). There's something about a character's (or author's) ability to find goodness and happiness - or even humour - in dark times that I like, and this book didn't seem to have much of that. I do think I would have been curious to read a second book, but I wouldn't have rushed to read part 2 if it had been on the shelves.

Having looked up the author's bio I found it fascinating that he had written under so many pseudonyms! This seems to have been a thing of its time - Elleston Trevor (born 1920 as Trevor Dudley-Smith, and who I best know for the children's book Heather Hill) wrote under no less than 10 pen-names, though in his case they were all male names rather than a mix.

NeilNjae

The book gave me the impression of a competent author with a decent range (no one writes like this all the time). But I'm not in any rush to read more, even a sequel to this.

clash_bowley

I did not enjoy reading this book. It grated and felt lifeless, sullen and angry and hopeless. I could not bring myself to care whether any of the characters lived or died. The constant use of archaeologisms for effect merely distracted me from the story through curiosity about these words. I would much rather read one of Rae's romances.

RichardAbbott

One of our collective motives for picking this was the absolutely glowing review I came across on Goodreads. Looking back, it's hard to see this review as describing the same book!

Apocryphal

True, but no biggie.