Review of "The Mad God's Amulet (The History of the Runestaff, Vol 2)" on 'Storygraph'
3 stars
Michael Moorcock is a strange phenomenon. His writing style is oddly unpolished and helpless, his characters pale and unfinished, his stories uninspired and foreseeable. Yet, somehow he manages to compel and pull the reader into his sketched worlds and his purple prose.
I'm sure nobody could actually like Hawkmoon, the Duke of Köln (whatever “Köln” might be in Moorcock's imagination). However, this is an easy and enjoyable read – even though when it's over, you will never think of it again.
