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socorrobaptista's review
4.0
Um universo alternativo, uma Idade Média repleta de magia e seres extraordinários, a eterna luta do Bem contra o Mal, bastante interessante.
mleetm's review
5.0
4.5 stars but I’ll round up. Thrillingly paced, engaging enough to distract me from devastating depression and pain. The Christian overtones are slightly annoying but not overly so. Bring on the next!
woolfardis's review
1.0
This is Arthurian legend mixed with Middle Earth, executed rather poorly. It is a slog to get through: it wants to be epic like Lord of the Rings, but be quick and punchy like Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. It is instead full of hyperbole and odd turn of phrase, with lashings of stunted conversation.
The main problem is that the protagonist is an overpowered seemingly unkillable man with a big sword and pretend humble nature. He is the best, he wants to be the best, he knows really he is the best. There is no mystery here. He shall prevail and get the girl. What else?
The main problem is that the protagonist is an overpowered seemingly unkillable man with a big sword and pretend humble nature. He is the best, he wants to be the best, he knows really he is the best. There is no mystery here. He shall prevail and get the girl. What else?
amac_reads's review
2.0
The story, setting, monsters, and non-human races were interesting. However, the protagonist is a hero who can't be defeated and is barely injured no matter the odds, and who just refuses to forgive himself even though everyone tells him he's not at fault. The only female character spends the whole story saying "I don't know" which wouldn't be an issue since her memory was wiped except she was written to barely contribute anything to the story, aside from her beauty of course. The personalities of the main characters are basically non-existant making it difficult to be invested in what happens to them. Also there were a significant number of grammatical/spelling errors that detracted from the work.
bartimaeus2002's review
1.0
I don't think I was the target market for this book, or at least that's what I'm going to tell myself. This book reads like the story line to a not-so-great video game. If I was a fan of pulp fantasy then maybe it'd be up my aisle. I'm not, having read the Song of Ice & Fire series multiple times as well as at least three times through Lord of the Rings my taste appears to require a bit more meat on the bone. There were some entertaining bits in this novel, I particularly liked the potential of the antagonist but the pacing and the substance of the book just wasn't what I was looking for. Even for a summer read it just wasn't my thing. And I abhor not finishing a book but with a backlog the length of a train I just couldn't justify seeing it through to the end. I have the first four novels in the series unfortunately or maybe fortunately, it gives me the opportunity to pick it up again in the future and 'gut it out'. Who knows, maybe my attitude will change and I'll end up loving it. I'll come back and update my review if that happens.
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