The Dragonbone Chair

The Dragonbone Chair

Tad Williams

1988

In The Dragonbone Chair, Tad Williams uses words that make the story detailed to the teeth.  He travels into another world when he writes. It seems like Williams floats off.  He goes into differrenet rants about the things that happen in the book. For example, Williams's character spy's a birds nest in a tree one day. As he stares at it, Williams goes off and starts talking about birds nests, the birds, and how they live their life. Then after he does this, he finally goes back to his character.

Usually, I become uninterested in these types of authors fairly quickly.  But, it is Williams word choice that keeps me reading the book.  He sentences string together like streams winding there way down to the ocean.  He uses words such as blockheadedness, mopped, flushed, heartened, and rigorous.  These words appeal to every sort of reader. The words are not too difficult to comprehend, but they are simple enough to not lose the reader as Williams goes on his rants.  

Instead, the words Williams uses draw the reader in.  I love his word choice. It is what keeps me reading the book.