Book Review: Mark Lawrence’s Prince of Thorns
Prince of Thorns, the debut novel my Mark Lawrence, follows the story of Jorg, a Prince with a particularly mean streak. At the age of nine, Jorg watches as his mother and brother are brutally murdered. He then embarks on a quest for vengeance. It ‘s a story that has been told, and told successfully, many times.
I think that one thing is clear, Mark Lawrence has a way with words and uses them compellingly to set scenes. But I also think one other thing is also very clear – in Prince of Thorns, that same talent is not used to give depth to the characters or the overall plot. Prince Jorg is about as one-dimensional as they come. His gratuitous callousness is never truly counterbalanced with a desire to feel sorry for him (which would have given him other dimensions he so sorely needed). Read more…
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