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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It’s brilliant
Epic Fantasy in tutti i modi possibili.
Ragazzi poveri elevati dalle circostanze.
Secolari elfi buoni e elfi oscuri.
Nani guerrieri.
Maghi misteriosi.
Draghi morenti.
Cerche, invasioni e guerre
Ragazzi poveri elevati dalle circostanze.
Secolari elfi buoni e elfi oscuri.
Nani guerrieri.
Maghi misteriosi.
Draghi morenti.
Cerche, invasioni e guerre
While this second read took longer because I was listening to the audiobook with my husband and we haven't been on any long trips due to covid, I did much prefer it. It's earned an extra star, and I look forward to reading more in the series in the future.
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Unfortunately, I forgot to review these books when they were fresh in my mind, so here's what I can remember now, a few months later:
I was interested in them enough to easily read the first two books (originally one book), but they didn't grab my interest enough for me to finish the saga (which continues on for another two books). It's just lacks excitement. Some reasons:
1) Major parts of it seem to have very little point. Tomas' entire story-line, including his struggle with the dragon armor and his love of the elf queen, is ultimatley disposable. This internal conflict of Tomas' had so much potential as a side-story but was given very little attention from Feist, and had no real relevance to the story line in the end. You could remove Tomas from the entire story and it wouldn't change a thing.
2) Constant death of allies on the battlefield, even in incredible massacres, elicit hardly a mention by any character. Truly only the main characters matter.
3) The main character, Pug, suffers from Vanilla Protagonist syndrome, where he seemingly exists only so the audience can insert themselves mentally into the story. There is absolutely nothing special or interesting about him, including personality, physical capabilities, morality, knowledge, or any other trait. Yes, he does become a fairly powerful mage, but somehow he still just isn't a very interesting character.
4) Artificial conflict created by characters keeping information from each other for no reason (e.g. Macros), or for just very weak reasons (Tomas ruining an intergalactic peace treaty to end a huge war because he "perceived a flash of metal" that he thought were weapons being drawn.)
5) The irrational "love" between Tomas and Aglaranna falls completely flat. We are given no discernible reason why the queen of elves would fall for someone like Tomas. It just appears out of thin air, with no development or explanation.
6) Characters in the book are most strongly characterized by their inexplicable luck rather than any remarkable skill that deserves the reader's respect and attention.
In the end, this book wasn't bad. I'd give it 3.5 stars if I could. It's well written. It's fairly engaging pace-wise. I just found that, after reading the books, I wasn't that interested in the characters, the setting, nor the story-line enough to stick with another two books.
I was interested in them enough to easily read the first two books (originally one book), but they didn't grab my interest enough for me to finish the saga (which continues on for another two books). It's just lacks excitement. Some reasons:
1) Major parts of it seem to have very little point. Tomas' entire story-line, including his struggle with the dragon armor and his love of the elf queen, is ultimatley disposable. This internal conflict of Tomas' had so much potential as a side-story but was given very little attention from Feist, and had no real relevance to the story line in the end. You could remove Tomas from the entire story and it wouldn't change a thing.
2) Constant death of allies on the battlefield, even in incredible massacres, elicit hardly a mention by any character. Truly only the main characters matter.
3) The main character, Pug, suffers from Vanilla Protagonist syndrome, where he seemingly exists only so the audience can insert themselves mentally into the story. There is absolutely nothing special or interesting about him, including personality, physical capabilities, morality, knowledge, or any other trait. Yes, he does become a fairly powerful mage, but somehow he still just isn't a very interesting character.
4) Artificial conflict created by characters keeping information from each other for no reason (e.g. Macros), or for just very weak reasons (Tomas ruining an intergalactic peace treaty to end a huge war because he "perceived a flash of metal" that he thought were weapons being drawn.)
5) The irrational "love" between Tomas and Aglaranna falls completely flat. We are given no discernible reason why the queen of elves would fall for someone like Tomas. It just appears out of thin air, with no development or explanation.
6) Characters in the book are most strongly characterized by their inexplicable luck rather than any remarkable skill that deserves the reader's respect and attention.
In the end, this book wasn't bad. I'd give it 3.5 stars if I could. It's well written. It's fairly engaging pace-wise. I just found that, after reading the books, I wasn't that interested in the characters, the setting, nor the story-line enough to stick with another two books.
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Thank God I’m Finally Done.
My God this was a slog. Think I audiobooked about 90% because you know what sometimes there can be a little too much world building. For a book called magician there wasn’t a whole lot of MAGIC! Just lots of war and politics without the intrigue. Got interesting at the end…and then it finished! Would have been better if it was half the length I reckon.
My God this was a slog. Think I audiobooked about 90% because you know what sometimes there can be a little too much world building. For a book called magician there wasn’t a whole lot of MAGIC! Just lots of war and politics without the intrigue. Got interesting at the end…and then it finished! Would have been better if it was half the length I reckon.