Helpful Score: 1
As a follow-up to Circle of Stones, I was somewhat disappointed. In fact, I had anticipated this book more than the first, and if I didn't have a hang-up about not reading things out of order, I'd have read it first.
Waldo classically does well with research and combines research with storytelling with skill. However, in this one I was disappointed because I felt too much time was spent with Madoc still in Ireland and Wales, Madoc building his ships, Madoc sailing, and Madoc with his men. So incredibly little is known about this part of history (just enough to confirm it happened), that I feel a lot more story could have been allowed for.
{{SPOILER!!}}
The book ended like a chapter in the middle of the story. Again, so little was known, it seems some sort of ending would have been better than Madoc leaving the American shores without giving in to himself, some knowledge/story of what the men did, etc.
I suppose I was expecting more interaction between the men, natives, and the land.
Waldo classically does well with research and combines research with storytelling with skill. However, in this one I was disappointed because I felt too much time was spent with Madoc still in Ireland and Wales, Madoc building his ships, Madoc sailing, and Madoc with his men. So incredibly little is known about this part of history (just enough to confirm it happened), that I feel a lot more story could have been allowed for.
{{SPOILER!!}}
The book ended like a chapter in the middle of the story. Again, so little was known, it seems some sort of ending would have been better than Madoc leaving the American shores without giving in to himself, some knowledge/story of what the men did, etc.
I suppose I was expecting more interaction between the men, natives, and the land.
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