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ellyrarg's review
3.0
WTF! This shouldn’t be in this series, it’s an awful cliff hanger, the series finale is in book two, and this is the lead in for the next series (either it all should be one series, or this book should be in the next one). Grr, so frustrating.
Overall it’s fine. Better than the legacy books, worse than the riftwar books. I’m glad Tal got his restaurant with amaze food. I also liked the farmers segment. Kasper seems more a person, but is practically undergone a character rewrite now he’s not being ‘controlled’ by Varen, which makes him unbelievable. Also, Varen attacking both elevander and sorcerers Isle, while also being beaten by Tal in the last book just seems... like he’s had a massive jump in power despite needing acquire a new body and evil hq. Not super believable.
I’m significantly less enchanted as the books go on, than I was with the initial series. It’s disappointing.
Overall it’s fine. Better than the legacy books, worse than the riftwar books. I’m glad Tal got his restaurant with amaze food. I also liked the farmers segment. Kasper seems more a person, but is practically undergone a character rewrite now he’s not being ‘controlled’ by Varen, which makes him unbelievable. Also, Varen attacking both elevander and sorcerers Isle, while also being beaten by Tal in the last book just seems... like he’s had a massive jump in power despite needing acquire a new body and evil hq. Not super believable.
I’m significantly less enchanted as the books go on, than I was with the initial series. It’s disappointing.
umbralmelody's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
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? It's complicated
5.0
I was in utter surprise at the growth and reflection of the main character. I was shocked at the end of book at the destruction and evil. The discovery in the epilogue has me ready to cleave through Flight of the NightHawks.
blodeuedd's review
1.0
This book is no longer about Tal Hawkins from the previous books, this book is about the man he defeated, Kaspar, the duke of Olasko. And Feist's fantasy saga continues.
Kaspar has been sent by magic to the continent of Novindus instead of giving a death sentence. The former tyrant who murdered Tal's village seems to have no goodness in him, but this will change. He is caught by nomads but manages to escape and then start the long way home in order to seek revenge on Talk Hawkins. During his trip he will work as a farm hand, and slowly come to grasp the reality of his own people.
But there is a dark power lurking in the shadows and the aim is to destroy Midkemia. The Riftwar or the Serpent war will not compare on the madness that would be unleashed.
First, it was years since I read King Of Foxes, I have no idea what happened, or in the first book Talon of a Silver Hawk. I wanted to get the book in English but since it took forever I saw that they had it in Swedish...big mistake.
I love Feist's books, I have re-read Magician every summer for 8 years, and it's the book I would take with me to an deserted island. But since I loved his books I tried them in Swedish, and the translation is bad. The translator writes them in a way like they are addressed to teens and kids. Which in this book is strange cos Feist gets into this philosophical discussion with a god, and it shouldn't be written so lightly.
And yes I do love the cover, but then again it shows the market it's aimed at, the market all fantasy seems to be made at when it comes to Swedish books.
If you have read it, do say and let me know what you thought. I have a hard time knowing if it's the translation that makes it so very boring, or if it's actually the book. I do have a hard time saying anything about this book.
Well Kaspar redeems himself and I find myself liking him, then again I was never a big Tal fan. And we get to see Pug again and I do love Pug. The book leaves it open, or wide open for more and there is more. There is a war to be fought once more. I just hope I don't have to read that was in Swedish.
ayla_derammelaere's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
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? Yes
4.0
rossdent's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
shai3d's review
5.0
I found that this book was the slowest of the series but I am not that fond of the main character
nithou's review against another edition
5.0
Bon ��pilogue pour une trilogie, mais cliffhanger de psychopathe
arthurbdd's review against another edition
2.0
Tal's narrative judders to a screeching halt, and it turns out that this whole trilogy has just been filler to help set up the next trilogy. Boo. Full review: https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/2013/06/28/chirps-of-the-reading-canary/