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The Talismans of Shannara by Terry Brooks

undeadwookieebooks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.5

anthoneater's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

jedicook's review

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4.0

The last volume in what I think is the greatest Shannara series. Brooks did a fantastic job creating interesting people doing interesting things in an interesting world. Each character is forced to grow, and this time there is no perfect, all-knowing Allanon to guide them (shades don't count!).

mcfade28's review

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3.0

1238 pages later and I've finished the Heritage of Shanara series. This entry was decent but all in all I wouldn't recommend investing the time into this series. The characters and plotlines are very similar to the first trilogy and I didn't get a lot from it.

thedayoflight's review

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

3.5

A great conclusion to The Heritage Of Shannara set however I preferred the previous 3 books in the series.

serebdipityofbooks's review against another edition

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5.0

Si el anterior libro (la reina élfica de Shannara) ya me pareció increíble, tengo que decir que el desenlace de esta tetralogía ha estado a la altura.

Me ha hecho incluso llorar en algunos capítulos y he disfrutado un montón cuando todos los personajes contaban sus andanzas y como el viaje que emprendieron los ha hecho madurar y ser más fuertes.

Adoro el mundo de las Cuatro Tierras y estoy deseando poder leer el siguiente libro que es la precuela a todos, si no me equivoco.

Es una de mis sagas favoritas desde el primer libro y después de acompañar a estos personajes (los mejores, en mi humilde opinión) lo reafirmo.

Mi personaje favorito es el que más ha evolucionado, o eso creo yo. Ha tenido que enfrentarse a la verdad y a retos. Cosas de las que él renegaba solo para alzarse como uno de los personajes más completos que yo he tenido el placer de conocer. Espero poder continuar conociéndole, espero que así sea Walker Boh.

winterfinch's review against another edition

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

2.75

ombm31329's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Started out strong but the heavy description and repetitive explanations had me skimming through it after page 270

hawt's review

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adventurous hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

ramblingbard's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0