Dawn Of Amber : What Did You Think?

"Matthew Manley" <matman42.TakeThisOut@ktis.net> wrote in message
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 > I was pleasantly surprized by the first book. I finished it a week ago,
and
 > am reading a book by Joan D. Vinge right now. I plan to start Amber and
 > Chaos as soon as I finish Fireship (which is fairly short, so it should be
 > this week).

I didn't out and out hate the book, but I felt it was somewhat lacking. The
story had promise, but it felt very rushed, and there didn't seem to be much
attempt to flesh out the characters, or to provide a credible level of
detail. I was especially annoyed in this regard by the 'battle' at the end
of the book, which was fought and won in the space of three pages.

Does anyone know how many years before the main Amber novels these prequels
are supposed to take place?

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"Gillian White" <gillian_whiteNOSPAMPLZ RemoveThis @mail.com> wrote in message
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 > Just finished reading 'Dawn of Amber' by John Gregory Betancourt.
 >
 > Disappointing is probably the politest word I could think of to describe
it.
 >
 > Has anyone read 'Amber and Chaos' yet? Is it better than DoA?
 >
 > Gillian
 >


I enjoyed Dawn of Amber. My only complaint was that the book was too short.
It was as if the author was pushed to "cut, cut, cut" too much by his
publisher (don't know if that was the case, but I wouldn't be surprised) ...
regardless, I'm looking forward to reading Amber and Chaos.

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