BOOK: Dark Lord of Derkholm by Jones

[Frederick Muller <fmuller@TELLURIAN.NET>]

Jones, Diana Wynne._Dark Lord of Derkholm_,1998
In a magical world a lowly wizard is put in charge of the "tours."
This a huge operation in which people from another world come to
the magical world and experience wars, evil, death, and struggle.
Although she paints a intricate picture of this magical world (often
time with humor) I found this book to be extremely tedious and
could not wait for it to be over and I have liked other books of hers.
The whole premise of the tours was confusing.  There are many
magical creatures and I kept getting confused which ones were and
were not human.  I found the only interesting part of the plot took
place in the very end of this 344 page book.  This book is only for
die-hard fantasy readers.
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