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mrbear's review against another edition
4.0
I actually enjoyed this more than the first two. More of the meta-plot progresses in this book, and while a number of the same writing quality issues persist, the story is intriguing enough to carry interest. Still only a “beach read” type of book, but I’m curious now to see how the series ends.
syringaflower's review against another edition
3.0
Ik kwam redelijk snel door het eerste deel van het boek, maar omdat het langer duurde om het tweede deel uit te lezen ben ik bepaalde details vergeten.
Uit herinnering is het eerste deel leuk en vlot, maar zodra het gedeelte met de ondoden en bovennatuurlijke begon was de snelheid er uit en vond ik het wat saai worden.
Veel van de actie scenes waren langdradig en ik was in die scenes de draad van het verhaal vaak kwijt.
De gedeeltes die Robbie volgden gingen vlotter dan de anderen en we worden geïntroduceerd aan een aantal nieuwe karakters, een is Gemina, het kind dat via haar gedachtes kan praten en het magische talent van William, die nu met dieren kan praten is onthult.
Mijn favoriete karakters zijn wat het verhaal interessant houdt. Voor alsnog zijn het Robbie en Martin.
Uit herinnering is het eerste deel leuk en vlot, maar zodra het gedeelte met de ondoden en bovennatuurlijke begon was de snelheid er uit en vond ik het wat saai worden.
Veel van de actie scenes waren langdradig en ik was in die scenes de draad van het verhaal vaak kwijt.
De gedeeltes die Robbie volgden gingen vlotter dan de anderen en we worden geïntroduceerd aan een aantal nieuwe karakters, een is Gemina, het kind dat via haar gedachtes kan praten en het magische talent van William, die nu met dieren kan praten is onthult.
Mijn favoriete karakters zijn wat het verhaal interessant houdt. Voor alsnog zijn het Robbie en Martin.
aenor's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
subparcupcake's review against another edition
3.0
This was a re-read for me. Overall, I liked it.. But not nearly as much as Magician. Where as Magician started out feeling like a very traditional coming of age story, and then sort of morphed into something different, Silverthorn started out traditional and tame and finished traditional and tame. That's not to say it wasn't an enjoyable read, just not my favorite of the series.
I love Jimmy, so I liked to see him take an up front role in the story. Story wise - like I said, it was very traditional and standard. A plot to be foiled, an unlikely team to combat it. A journey to find knowledge, a task that seems impossible but is somehow managed. Everyone comes out alright, good triumphs over evil, yadda yadda yadda. But like I said.. Still enjoyable, just not nearly as good as Magician.
Three stars, down from my original rating of four.
I love Jimmy, so I liked to see him take an up front role in the story. Story wise - like I said, it was very traditional and standard. A plot to be foiled, an unlikely team to combat it. A journey to find knowledge, a task that seems impossible but is somehow managed. Everyone comes out alright, good triumphs over evil, yadda yadda yadda. But like I said.. Still enjoyable, just not nearly as good as Magician.
Three stars, down from my original rating of four.
megan_scullion's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.25
wipqozn's review against another edition
5.0
I actually enjoyed this even more than the first two, which I found really surprising, because I was expecting the opposite.
rkking's review against another edition
3.0
The next step in the Riftwar Saga after Magician:Apprentice & Magician:Master, Silverthorn takes a bit of a turn away from the story of Pug, at least for a while, to focus on the characters of Arutha and Jimmy.
Arutha's bride-to-be Anita gets poisoned, and it's up to Arutha and company to follow the clues and discover an antidote hidden in the far reaches of Midkemia. Will they make it in time?
It's kind of odd how this story is considered the middle chapter of a larger cycle of a saga. Where the first two books had a definite strong direction with the foundation and growth of character in Pug, Silverthorn instead delves more into political intrigue and the relationship between two of the Riftwar's supporting characters, Arutha and Jimmy. But this subplot is done very well, and I can see that both Arutha and Jimmy are destined for great things in the ongoing saga that is the Riftwar Cycle. Pug is in fact part of the story, and the journey he goes on is very important, it's just less of a focus this time around. But if you are a fan of Pug thus far, you can tell in this story that he's headed somewhere major.
I'm not saying that the different direction was a bad thing. It is actually kind of refreshing. Where this story slumps a fair bit is with the antagonists. What starts as a seemingly political attack on Anita leads to revelations that far larger things are going on, things that in theory are very interesting. But the agents of this evil are pretty weak. A sub-race of Elves are involved, followers of a dark path, and led by a certain mute, muscular, maniacal enemy. But this enemy was quite the let down, and in no way a comparison to the antagonists from the previous two books, or even compared to what has been hinted to come. Because of this, I never really felt the heroes were in any major peril, and the story suffered a bit because of that.
But I am very much looking forward to where the overall story goes from here.
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Arutha's bride-to-be Anita gets poisoned, and it's up to Arutha and company to follow the clues and discover an antidote hidden in the far reaches of Midkemia. Will they make it in time?
It's kind of odd how this story is considered the middle chapter of a larger cycle of a saga. Where the first two books had a definite strong direction with the foundation and growth of character in Pug, Silverthorn instead delves more into political intrigue and the relationship between two of the Riftwar's supporting characters, Arutha and Jimmy. But this subplot is done very well, and I can see that both Arutha and Jimmy are destined for great things in the ongoing saga that is the Riftwar Cycle. Pug is in fact part of the story, and the journey he goes on is very important, it's just less of a focus this time around. But if you are a fan of Pug thus far, you can tell in this story that he's headed somewhere major.
I'm not saying that the different direction was a bad thing. It is actually kind of refreshing. Where this story slumps a fair bit is with the antagonists. What starts as a seemingly political attack on Anita leads to revelations that far larger things are going on, things that in theory are very interesting. But the agents of this evil are pretty weak. A sub-race of Elves are involved, followers of a dark path, and led by a certain mute, muscular, maniacal enemy. But this enemy was quite the let down, and in no way a comparison to the antagonists from the previous two books, or even compared to what has been hinted to come. Because of this, I never really felt the heroes were in any major peril, and the story suffered a bit because of that.
But I am very much looking forward to where the overall story goes from here.
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tasky's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25