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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
2.8 ⭐️ You know when someone is telling you an interesting story that piqued your interest, but you quickly realize that they ramble on and on, skirt around the interesting tidbit and tell you a bunch of other side stories before getting to the point? That’s what this felt like.
Encouraged by other reviewers, here are my overall thoughts.
This was not for me. The story had the rambling, overt-foreshadowing, paper-thin characters I'd expect from an overly-excited D&D gamer retelling their game arc to an assorted audience.
When I say paper thin, I mean it. Not once did I feel connected to the main character. The woman lead changed from battle-maiden, to damsel in distress, to empathic caretaker to sex kitten so often and so inexplicably that I can only imagine she was actually four people, and later on in the books we learn how and why she and her sisters kept trading places.
Also, about a third (like, actually) is torture porn, which is...it's fine, I guess, but it really dragged, and I was upset that my adventure story literally had a Stockholm Syndrome fantasy play out for multiple chapters.
The world felt choppy, the bad guys were as splinter thin as the good guys and the conflict was neither original nor harrowing.
I only finished it because I was curious when the part that caused my friends to think I'd like it would start, and there was nothing--I even skipped to the pages at the very end, thinking maybe there'd be a joke or something. Nada. I'm beginning to think those friends are not actually friends, but that's probably not something I can fix with a star rating.
This was not for me. The story had the rambling, overt-foreshadowing, paper-thin characters I'd expect from an overly-excited D&D gamer retelling their game arc to an assorted audience.
When I say paper thin, I mean it. Not once did I feel connected to the main character. The woman lead changed from battle-maiden, to damsel in distress, to empathic caretaker to sex kitten so often and so inexplicably that I can only imagine she was actually four people, and later on in the books we learn how and why she and her sisters kept trading places.
Also, about a third (like, actually) is torture porn, which is...it's fine, I guess, but it really dragged, and I was upset that my adventure story literally had a Stockholm Syndrome fantasy play out for multiple chapters.
The world felt choppy, the bad guys were as splinter thin as the good guys and the conflict was neither original nor harrowing.
I only finished it because I was curious when the part that caused my friends to think I'd like it would start, and there was nothing--I even skipped to the pages at the very end, thinking maybe there'd be a joke or something. Nada. I'm beginning to think those friends are not actually friends, but that's probably not something I can fix with a star rating.
Existem livros que nos fazem pensar porque é que não chegaram cá mais cedo. "A Primeira Regra dos Feitiçeiros - Parte I" demorou mais de 15 anos a chegar a Portugal. Agora, eu pergunto-me porquê?? Esta é uma saga que tem tudo para dar certo: uma boa história, bons personagens, bons vilões. Eu não me estou a queixar, mas penso que dada a qualidade do livro já o poderiamos ter na nossa mão há mais tempo.
Richard é um jovem guarda-florestal que vive no lado do mundo onde a magia não entra. Ou assim pensava ele. Quando encontra uma jovem mulher vestida de branco na floresta, Kahlan a sua vida dá uma volta de 180 graus e a verdade que ele pensava como certa afinal não a é.
Este é um livro cheio de acção onde temos personagens inesquecíveis e onde quase nunca estamos parados. Mas, por vezes, existiram momentos em que me senti aborrecida. É um livro grande e é impossível não existirem momentos mortos.
Gostei muito deste livro e vou continuar a acompanhar a série.
Recomendo
Richard é um jovem guarda-florestal que vive no lado do mundo onde a magia não entra. Ou assim pensava ele. Quando encontra uma jovem mulher vestida de branco na floresta, Kahlan a sua vida dá uma volta de 180 graus e a verdade que ele pensava como certa afinal não a é.
Este é um livro cheio de acção onde temos personagens inesquecíveis e onde quase nunca estamos parados. Mas, por vezes, existiram momentos em que me senti aborrecida. É um livro grande e é impossível não existirem momentos mortos.
Gostei muito deste livro e vou continuar a acompanhar a série.
Recomendo
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I had trouble deciding on a rating for this book. The story line itself was interesting, even if it did sound like a drunken Dungeon Master using the instructions to a bad board game as his guide. My problem was that the dialogue was so poorly written that every character sounded like a pouting six year old. Add that to the strained black-and-white quality of good and evil and the main character's infuriating habit of explaining something that was obvious a full page ago, and a four-star story has dropped down to two. This series was recommended to me by a friend who read the German translation, and I can't help but wonder if that is better than the original.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
I first read this book back in 2000. I immediately ran back to the store and bought all the other in the series printed at the time. The character depth and feeling amazes me and every time I reread the series I find myself drawn back into the world again. The characters are so amazing and you find yourself loving, hating and crying with them. Amazing book in all aspects.
adventurous
inspiring
slow-paced