A pretty honest review of The Thousandfold Thought, the last in Bakker's trilogy, which I think has just come out. I will say this: Bakker is trying to do a lot more than most authors with his books. It doesn't always work, but as these things go, the mere effort makes it more compelling than most of the alternatives on the fantasy shelf.
I'm in the first third of the second book of the trilogy, The Warrior-Prophet. I'm a bit underwhelmed so far. Apparently spent 12-13 years writing and polishing the first book, and then, once the contract came in, wrote the second in less than a year. It shows. But I'd still rather read him than, say, I'm-going-to-teach-you-how-to-pronounce-my-character's-names Robert Jordan.
