Reviews

Into a Dark Realm by Raymond E. Feist

literary_han's review against another edition

4.0

Holy fucking Christ

I was not expecting that

hann_readsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

In this book we encounter a new race and world and their customs are so alien and rooted in evil it is extremely interesting. This is about the only interesting part of the book. 

There are 3 ish timelines/povs going on: traveling to this alien world, searching for an evil magician on a different world, and 3 boys doing whatever on their home world.

Personally, the story of the 3 boys doing whatever felt super random and irrelevant. And the search for the evil magician was like 3 chapters in total… I just don’t really enjoy these books but i’m reading them for a friend.

neilsef's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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? N/A

4.5

This is a very good continuation to Flight of the Nighthawks, picking up events about a month after the end of that novel.
The focus of this novel changes to Pug and his attempts to learn about the Dasati and get to their world.
We are also introduced to the Dasati and their culture, mainly through the eyes of Volka as he enters the warrior culture of his world.
There is also the plots surrounding the Talnoy, Bek and Leso Varen which continue to be nicely teased out.
A really engaging book which is a good balance of action and mystery, which also dealt up a few surprises near the end which ensure I will be reading the final novel in the trilogy.

scrivster's review against another edition

5.0

I feel almost cheap giving these Feist books five stars after five stars, but I'm hooked and a fan. Feist continued the through plot from the previous book, which also is tied to the plot of the prior trilogy, but in this book he's also drawing on characters and events that hearken all the way back to the beginning of the series (Magician) and through the many books that have occurred. You will only fully appreciate this book if you've read the entire Riftwar Cycle to this point - but if you have, this is immensely satisfying. And the tie-ins to the past are not fan homage, they are meaningful continuations for characters and places. Well done!

candiecane333's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

angelahayes's review against another edition

5.0

I have been Buddy-Reading this series over the last couple of months with a ‘book-club’ friend who had not read Raymond E. Feist’s work before. As I have been a long-time fan of his work, I have compared it to The Lord of the Rings books but have actually enjoyed this series more. When I mentioned this to my friend, she immediately wanted to read the series, and convinced me to read them with her- not that it was a big ask 😊.
It is an epic fantasy saga- with wonderful world building and scene setting, and dynamic, vivid and detailed descriptions that will transport you right into the story.
Take some time to explore Mr. Feist’s work, I’m sure you won’t be disappointed- and the best part is that all the books are available now to read- no waiting for books to be released! #WINNING

doriastories's review against another edition

3.0

Juicy sci-fi, just what I need to balance out my other GoodReads! This one continues the long -running saga of magician Pug's efforts to preserve his world. The Dasati are the current bad guys, rather modeled on our current sex+violence-driven society in which so many children are raised by parents separated by hate, in bleak cityscapes filled with power-driven monsters. As my husband would say, a "farcical romp". Er, no.

mikusa's review against another edition

3.0

Kind of entertaining, but not really a stand alone novel. The ending just kind of happened, obviously requiring the next book. The 'lore' is sort of interesting, and sort of too complicated - so many gods and high level magicians, making it hard to keep track of what's possible anymore.

nat925's review against another edition

3.0

Now this is one puzzling book. It is kind of expected from the second volume to be a little break, to introduce events that will be developed in the last part but not too much. However, after reading 2/3 of the book I found myself thinking "but there's nothing happening here!". There was not much of character development, and the biggest change was this of the setting. I would say that only the last 50 pages brought about any engaging plot - and by that I mean one that potentially has a direct impact on the future and needs solving.

I'm not saying I didn't enjoy it because I did. It was a quite interesting read but... an odd one at the same time. Let's see how it all ends.

ineffablebob's review

5.0

Another good Riftwar-universe story. I've been reading through all the Riftwar books and I think I've discovered what makes them good (for me, anyway). It's the introduction of new realms - sometimes entire worlds, sometimes new areas on an existing world. Every time one of these books takes us to a new realm, it's kept my attention. The books that try to set new stories in existing realms seem to fall a bit flat.

This particular story spends plenty of time in the worlds of Midkemia and Kelewan, but the really interesting stuff is a journey to another plane of existence. The realm of the Dasati is quite a distopia. Lots of plot I don't want to spoil, and even more coming in the third book of the Darkwar Saga, so suffice it to say that the journey into that realm is one of the more interesting places that Feist has sent his magician Pug.