Shachar Haad
Suited For Luck is a story about playing Poker; and up until I dropped it at around 30%, that's all there was to that book. While those who like the game and appreciate its nuances might enjoy it, I am not among them.
The story is a mix between the Fantasy and the Western genre, and while that seemed interesting from the blurb, the content of the book doesn't utilize any aspects of either one. I learned nothing about the world, the setting, the region, what people do for a living, the problems occupying their minds, how the economy works, what are the stakes, or whether anyone does anything other than drinking and playing cards.
All you'll know is that the MC (who is as interesting as last year's tax returns), was transported to that world, thought about opening a business, saw that it doesn't pens out, and decided to play cards for a living (because luck is on his side).
Now, the chance that the story would start just when I put down that book is greater than zero, but considering the time that was wasted on playing meaningless Poker hands instead of telling the reader how that world functions, who are the characters, and what are the stakes, suggest that any explanation to come would not deviate too far from what I already read.
Even the aspect of different races is not being utilized, and aside from people's appearance sometimes being slightly different, we are not presented with different forms of speech, culture, mannerisms, or personalities.
Suited For Luck is a story about playing Poker; and up until I dropped it at around 30%, that's all there was to that book. While those who like the game and appreciate its nuances might enjoy it, I am not among them.
The story is a mix between the Fantasy and the Western genre, and while that seemed interesting from the blurb, the content of the book doesn't utilize any aspects of either one. I learned nothing about the world, the setting, the region, what people do for a living, the problems occupying their minds, how the economy works, what are the stakes, or whether anyone does anything other than drinking and playing cards.
All you'll know is that the MC (who is as interesting as last year's tax returns), was transported to that world, thought about opening a business, saw that it doesn't pens out, and decided to play cards for a living (because luck is on his side).
Now, the chance that the story would start just when I put down that book is greater than zero, but considering the time that was wasted on playing meaningless Poker hands instead of telling the reader how that world functions, who are the characters, and what are the stakes, suggest that any explanation to come would not deviate too far from what I already read.
Even the aspect of different races is not being utilized, and aside from people's appearance sometimes being slightly different, we are not presented with different forms of speech, culture, mannerisms, or personalities.