The Legacy of Gird...

...was not a great book. I feel a little let down by Elizabeth Moon with this one. I've thoroughly enjoyed reading (and rereading) many of her other fic, but this book was not that exciting. I think one of the major flaws in the book is that though a normal length, the action takes place over one man's lifetime. Too much going on with too many jump gaps to accelerate through unimportant bits of time. Also, some of the important moments that occur in the book come out of nowhere and happen too quickly to grasp what just happened. Other things that happen are awfully convenient to propelling the story line forward. For example, the Gods play an active role in the book, but did they simply latch onto Gird to further their ends or did they choose him beforehand to get change rolling? Not enough explanation. Many of the characters are necessarily thin because of the number of them and the limited time to go into depth because of the stretched out nature of the tale. In the end, this book just took too long to read for the benefit reaped. Hopefully on to better tales.