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Fortress in the Eye of Time (Fortress, #1)

C.J. Cherryh

Start date: August 1, 2011

Finish date: August 31, 2011

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Jul 18, 2011 Kathi rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy

Cherryh's style of writing in this book was, at first, off-putting to me. I found the sentences awkward and deciphering them interrupted the flow of the story. But as the story developed, with more characters interacting and more complexity to the plot, the style seemed more appropriate. And, of course, I became more accustomed to it.

This was my second reading of this book, having first read it in the late 1990's. I confess to recalling only bits and pieces of it and so was able to enjoy the unf ...more

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Jul 29, 2011 Sandi rated it liked it

Shelves: scifi-fantasy-horror-althistory, read-2011

One of those books I am a little on the fence on. Lots of great concepts and characters but the story was very dense and sometimes the writing style was a bit impenetrable. Not a fast read and I am not really sure I want to work so hard to read a fantasy book.

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Sep 10, 2016 Bill rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

Second read Aug 26, 2008

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Jul 20, 2016 Cody rated it liked it

This is my first foray into C. J. Cherryh's writing and it takes me back to the olden times when writers' prose was more dense and slower to take in than the current trend of fast-paced action fantasy.

I actually had to put this book down shortly after I started it because I wasn't in the right place to read it.

Well, I've just finished, and found it to be a really nice read.

I stopped initially because there wasn't much in the way of explaining what was going on. That's usually not a problem, but ...more

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