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Originally Posted by Connavar of Rigante  Whats so diffrent about comparing to his other work? Without spoilers. |
There's nothing actually
wrong with it, CoR, but it has been known to put people off RAH, at least temporarilly.
It's a very talky book, for a start, with a lot of discussion about religion, sexual mores, tolerance, and the views of RAH on organised religion come through it very strongly.
It's also a very long book, with noticable slow points in the story, and this has also been mentioned as a reason for people giving up on it. It's also been noted as consisting of two definite halves - the first being a typical RAH adventure story, but the second being almost exclusively devoted to the human need for religion amd social bonding, which isn't everyone's cup of tea.
Please, please, though,
don't be put off reading it - it's one of the best books he ever wrote - but
in my opinion, and I must stress that, it is
not the best one to read if you've only just discovered RAH.