Reviews

Jimmy and the Crawler by Raymond E. Feist

ayla_derammelaere's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

pages_and_procrastination's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

joabroda's review

adventurous fast-paced

4.0

A short novella to close out the series The Riftwar Saga Legacy. I have to name this one my Feist favorites, simply because the tale is all about Jimmy The Hand. Jimmy was a thief in his younger days, taken in by the Prince when he preformed a valiant act of bravery for the Princes' family. With this act he gained the confidence of the royal family and is now a deep confident of the Kingdom, and is raising in stature.

This book picks up where # 3 ended and finds Jimmy (due to his ranking at  court, he is called James now-sorry he will always be Jimmy to me) traveling to Kesh in the ruse of being Jimmy the Hand. I loved seeing him as his old self, crawling the rooftops and basically causing trouble.

A short, quick read that closed out the Saga with bang-loved it.

tobestah's review

slow-paced

1.0

This may not have been for me but I found this to be incredibly boring and a struggle to finish. The writing was average and the story was the same. I found it to be full of tropes and predictable. Like I said I dont think this was for me :)

robertalllan's review

adventurous funny mysterious sad fast-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? Yes

3.0

jp1's review against another edition

5.0

love the jimmy the hand spin offs the most! the best character by far! followed closely by Pug, Arutha and Miranda!

cslwoodward's review against another edition

3.0

At just over 100 pages long, this book is an easy read. However, if you’re trying to scratch that itch for more of Feist’s work, this shouldn’t be high on that list. It adds almost nothing to the overall world of Midkemia, save for introducing one new character who likely won’t turn up again. Written in 2015, it’s worth a borrow from the library or if you must read something of Feist’s without touching his much better works such as ‘Magician’ or ‘Daughter of the Empire’. It’s well written and is more of Feist’s storytelling but you should look elsewhere for far better works of his.

vera_ann's review against another edition

4.0

Shortest read of a Feist book. This is definitely a must like Jimmy the Hand to enjoy this whole set of books. While this short story can probably stand on it's own, there is so much character build to get the proper impact by reading at least the other Krondor books.

angelahayes's review

4.0

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

candiecane333's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.0

The least interesting novella when it had so much potential. Felt rushed & cliqued