David Guymer talks "The Court of the Blind King"

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**shinros**

nels1031 wrote:
shinros wrote:
[It's also kinda sad to hear you are having trouble finishing it.

It was more due to the distractions of the holidays, to be fair.

I finished it the other night. I'd give it a "Fair" rating I suppose. I didn't hate it, and I'd return for a sequel but only if its more focused* than this novel. I didn't really care for the pacing of this novel, though that might have just been me not being able to give it 100% of my attention while reading this.

*Like a war against the Sylvaneth, Alfrostun and the Nurgle kingdom (led by a female Nurgle'd up Giant, that was a cool concept) all would make for some neat stories in isolation. But jumping from one raid against the Alfrostun then jumping straight to Nurgle kingdom felt forced. I get why it happened story-wise, but it just didn't feel organic, I suppose.

Yes, I felt that was an issue as well. Overall I couldn't get all that invested in his quest, that's just me.

**Knight**

His "quest" felt like a scripted RPG plot line. It definitely felt too rigid in my view.