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A review by timgreenard
Pavane by Keith Roberts
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
2.75
The Lady Margaret - 3.00
The Signaller - 3.00
The White Boat - 2.00
Brother John - 3.00
Lords and Ladies - 2.5
Corfe Gate - 3.00
Coda - 2.75
I read the book thinking it would be strict alternate history, when really it was fantasy. The first two measures were interesting, as was Corfe Gate, but the rest just didn't have plots or characters that I found engaging. I didn't feel that they contributed in an interesting way to the wider setting.
The setting itself left me disappointed overall. The book presents itself as an alternate history resulting from the death of Elizabeth I, but the power the Roman Catholic Church holds over the entire Western world can't be explained just from this point of divergence from our own history. At no point did it really feel like another possible path history could have taken, partly because of the fantasy elements that never really come together with the alternative history elements in a satisfying way.
The Signaller - 3.00
The White Boat - 2.00
Brother John - 3.00
Lords and Ladies - 2.5
Corfe Gate - 3.00
Coda - 2.75
I read the book thinking it would be strict alternate history, when really it was fantasy. The first two measures were interesting, as was Corfe Gate, but the rest just didn't have plots or characters that I found engaging. I didn't feel that they contributed in an interesting way to the wider setting.
The setting itself left me disappointed overall. The book presents itself as an alternate history resulting from the death of Elizabeth I, but the power the Roman Catholic Church holds over the entire Western world can't be explained just from this point of divergence from our own history. At no point did it really feel like another possible path history could have taken, partly because of the fantasy elements that never really come together with the alternative history elements in a satisfying way.