Nine Princes in Amber

This review is off of old memories, so forgive me. I was very intrigued by the concept of Nine Princes in Amber. I mean, this idea that all worlds are just shadows of this master world, Amber. And that there are people who can manipulate this at will is all pretty cool.

However, what we end up with is a bunch of characters who were all pretty much chumps, waging war for no purpose other than their egos (I suppose it is true to life then, eh?) and the fact that they can to become the ruler of Amber. The main character, Corwin, was completely unsympathetic. I had zero reason to want him to have any sort of victory. The other characters were all terrible as well. It moved both too fast and too slow, at times getting bogged down in silly details, and completely rushing to others.

I honestly cannot recommend this book, and just don't see any of the praise that is heaped upon this book.