Denise Lopes Heald
Auteur de Mistwalker
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- Date de naissance
- 20th century
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Idaho, USA
- Études
- California State University, Sacramento (BA|Journalism)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 4
- Aussi par
- 4
- Membres
- 101
- Popularité
- #188,710
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 1
Half the book passes before Mistwalker finds its rhythm, and even when its characters shake free from obtrusive romance-novel clichés, they never become memorable. There are some terrific action set-pieces in the novel, including an incredible scene where voracious creatures overrun a barricaded town, but Mistwalker is unable to sustain the tension of these high points. Instead, it subsides, again and again, into the First-Novel doldrums, and its characters are forced into illogical actions in order to drag the plot along. (And, oh god, those obtrusive romance-novel clichés reappear in the eleventh hour.)
But who cares, because Ver Day's green, green world is an excellent SF sandbox, and its depiction of a Wild West frontier-planet populated by radical environmentalists is fascinating. Mistwalker skimps on the human beings, but it nails the setting. I can't remember the last time I read a book that got the psychology of tropical forests -- the humidity, the rot, the insects -- so precisely.… (plus d'informations)