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Review - Tersias
Feb. 27th, 2010 02:12 pmTersias (G. P. Taylor)
I bought this pretty randomly from the Borders closing down sale, because I thought "Tersias" might be linked to "Tiresias", and I do love my classics. The links are there -- Tersias is a boy who is blind and a prophet, and there's a mention of Lycaon, which might be a reference to Laocoon, a Trojan priest mentioned in, if I remember rightly, the Iliad. There the similarities pretty much stop.
Apparently this book is a sequel to G. P. Taylor's others, which I think I read, but so long ago that they've retained no impression on me -- and I don't think I was that gripped in the first place.
This edition, at least, is badly edited with typos and misspellings in every chapter. It could have done with two or three more passes by a proofreader, if it was ever proofread at all.
In terms of the plot, atmosphere, writing, etc, it was all very "eh". I didn't particularly care. Things were rushed and unexplained and it didn't drag you into the plot or get you interested at all. If you've nothing else to read, it might be entertaining for a while, but I kind of wish I hadn't bothered starting. At least it only cost me about 20p.
I bought this pretty randomly from the Borders closing down sale, because I thought "Tersias" might be linked to "Tiresias", and I do love my classics. The links are there -- Tersias is a boy who is blind and a prophet, and there's a mention of Lycaon, which might be a reference to Laocoon, a Trojan priest mentioned in, if I remember rightly, the Iliad. There the similarities pretty much stop.
Apparently this book is a sequel to G. P. Taylor's others, which I think I read, but so long ago that they've retained no impression on me -- and I don't think I was that gripped in the first place.
This edition, at least, is badly edited with typos and misspellings in every chapter. It could have done with two or three more passes by a proofreader, if it was ever proofread at all.
In terms of the plot, atmosphere, writing, etc, it was all very "eh". I didn't particularly care. Things were rushed and unexplained and it didn't drag you into the plot or get you interested at all. If you've nothing else to read, it might be entertaining for a while, but I kind of wish I hadn't bothered starting. At least it only cost me about 20p.
