Carey once had in his mind two fictional countries, Efica and Voorstand, where this novel is set. One is left wondering if he could have left them there.
Maybe it is because one expects great things, and the disappointment is so much more of a come down. However, it is simply not the case to say a poor Carey book is better than anyone else's average.
A poor Carey book is simply that; poor.
And boy does this book just drivel on. I wonder if I have missed the point, but I felt no empathy for the characters and became quickly bored as the plot plodded along. Carey is capable of so much better. Even this book has moments of well written mastery, for example: “He wanted to hurt her, break her. He was a frightened soldier in a burning village.” But it is all too little. This book gets a disappointing 2/5.
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