I'll start by saying that this is not a traditionally-published novel, which is why you've never heard of it. It was serialized in the online webzine Bewildering Stories . Since that very same webzine just rejected one of my own stories, I thought I'd do a review of something they published. Yes, I am vengeful and petty. So let me get to the point: The Long Dark Road to Wizardry is a cliche fantasy novel with very little character development and a plot that was interesting but ultimately unsatisfying. Harsh, I know. This novel takes place in some medieval fantasy land where people say 'twas all the time. I don't mind this so much; I like a good classic medieval fantasy. The plot is more episodic than an actual novel plot should be, with the characters having dramatic adventures seemingly one after the other. There is an overall plot, but , think it could have been fleshed out more. Again, I don't really mind this. What bothered me was the lack of character deve...
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