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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Where's the beef?,
By Kravjar (Ca, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way) - See all my reviews
This review is from: To Rule in Amber (New Amber Trilogy) (Hardcover)
Okay, I admit it, I'm a Zelazny freak and would read toilet paper if it ostensibly contained a reworking of anything Zelazny. I bought this hardback as a Christmas present for myself.
That said, I have many of the same complaints others have about the Oberon prequel trilogy. It drags, the style is not too much like Zelazny, and Betancourt only starts to scrape the surface of Zelazny's dizzying plots. But, my biggest gripe is that this is a trilogy instead of the quintilogy like the original series. I don't agree with the cover which indicates this is the conclusion of the trilogy. There are plenty of holes left to be filled in an additional two short novels like this one. And if I view the third novel as the middle of a series, it somehow makes sense. Now we've got Swayvill introduced. He's got the Spikard. He's got plenty of live relatives who are dead by the time the Corwin's story starts, and he has plenty of offspring to sire, raise, and kill off. But that, in itself, is frustrating because they tout this novel as a conclusion while it really concludes squat. However, I did like reading it because I DO love Amber and it's stories. Betancourt is getting better at the tone of Amber, and I've had my Amber fix for another year. Ah, that's good. Good luck and God bless
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A pleasant morning's read,
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This review is from: To Rule in Amber (New Amber Trilogy) (Hardcover)
Just finished reading this trilogy. From the reviews I'd seen prior to purchase, my expectations were low. Mr. Betancourt has, in my opinion, done an admirable job at filling some huge shoes.
Mr. Betancourt appears to have researched the original Amber materials and, unlike many other similar attempts to follow another's work, I found no glaring inconsistencies. He has applied some interpretations to the powers and how they work that could be problematic down the road, but who knows if more Amber books will be written to expose these. My only disappointment, the plot was not as twisted as Zelazny's work. Mr. Betancourt doesn't demonstrate a knack for intrigue. The end was very predictable, as were all the villains. And, the ending of this book seemed abrupt to me. But that also leaves the door open for additional work. To his credit, he did an admirable job of developing Oberon from a naive grunt into a character that would become the godlike Oberon in Zelazny's work. Overall, a good read.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable Amber story,
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This review is from: To Rule in Amber (New Amber Trilogy) (Hardcover)
Dworkin has created a new pattern--one that sends shock-waves and chaos storms throughout the old world of Chaos, but now he and his family have been denounced as traitors. Oberon, Dworkin's son, does his best to gather up the remnants of the family. The lords of Chaos will not sit still for the creation of a new power--one that might even be more potent than the ancient Logrus which forms the basis for the entire realm of Chaos. Fiercely manipulating the new shadow worlds cast by the pattern, Oberon begins construction of an entire new world--the one true world of Amber.
The pattern allows possibilities and alliances that were impossible in Chaos--but the ancient rules of betrayal and military might still apply. Oberon has many enemies, but only some of them are in the party of Chaos's king. Even within Chaos, a power struggle threatens to upset the king's rule--but whether this will benefit Oberon's family or destroy it remains to be seen. Author John Gregory Bethancourt continues building the stories of early Amber. Bethancourt writes of the generation before Roger Zelazny's wonderful 'nine princes,' a generation where Chaos and Amber mingle more closely and where Amber is not yet the center of the universe. A respectful co-creator, Bethancourt is careful to set the stage for Zelazny's even more powerful stories. TO RULE IN AMBER shares the strengths of the earlier novels in this series. Fans of Amber will definitely want to read what may be the strongest of Bethancourt's series, so far. I thought Bethancourt left a few story-lines dangling (wasn't Oberon going to come back to the head in the tree), and the eventual climactic battle was a bit of an anticlimax. Still, that didn't keep RULE from being an entertaining re-examination of the Amber creation story.
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