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Mountain of Black Glass by Tad Williams

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laileanah's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This was just OK on reread.
Doesn't really pick up significantly until the towards the end.

subgirl's review against another edition

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2.0

I really really really really hated these. It was so overwrought and idiotic and ugh. But I have a thing where if I start a series, I finish it, but this was pure agony. I nearly didn't but was sort of interested in how bad it could get.

erikars's review against another edition

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This is the third book in the massive story that is Otherland. This was my favorite of the three books. Unlike the first two books, this book had a plot that felt like it was going somewhere and then got there. However, it was still frustrating at times. It is amusing but true that the longer a book is, the more frustrating it is when the author goes off on useless tangents. I enjoy the contemplations on reality within a realistic network and on how alive the simulated people can be considered to be, but I really do not need to have Williams go on about it for pages and pages each time the characters enter a new world. I also dislike the number of plotlines the author has going. I am sure they will all weave together in the end, but 3000 pages is a long time to wait for all these diverse threads to come together. At least, in this book they start coming together. Despite all this, Williams does an excellent job of painting his worlds, and I look forward to the reading the last book.

heather_g's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced

3.5

3rd in a 4 part book series.
I'm quite impressed with the world the characters are caught in. There just seems to be a lot of characters to keep track of! Fortunately in this book, the main characters finally found each other so less jumping around & trying to remember where everyone was.
Our heroes have met and apparently defeated the majority of the bad guys, but the other bad guy is still on the loose.
Guess I need to finish out the series, but wow there is a LOT to keep track of!

ainsleym's review against another edition

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3.0

Not quite as low plot as book two, but it’d be hard to match that. Plot points and reveals were a bit oddly paced and I wish the characters had more agency in moving forward and making discoveries like they did in book one. Hopeful that book four has a satisfying conclusion: if it doesn’t, I can’t say I’d recommend this series, but if it all comes together then slogging through books two and three will hopefully be worth it.