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"As bad as Greenwoody"? Maybe he isn't now (after all he did get to write the Hook novel) but he was then. However I still disagree with Throntar over David Gemmel due to the sympathy and understanding that his writing managed to evoke in me concerning two Nadir tribesmen as they climbed the rope ladder up the walls of dros Delnoch comfortably chatting to each other about the bounty on the might Druss' head before being hacked to pieces by him ironically. I enjoy his way of depicting events from multiple viewpoints wich not many other authers seem to bother with. This allows the reader to choose their own favourite characters rather than be simply told wich to like (aka Enid Blyton whose descriptive, multiple viewpoint writing just about stretched to "it was a hard fight but in the end Robin Hood's men won" and really riled me). However, I'm inclined to agree with Throntar upon certain recurring elements in Gemmels writing (plotlines, recogniseable character archetypes) but it's the finer points of characterisation and perspective that he brings to his work that I like.
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Balgin, the Dwarf
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