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Prince of the Blood by Raymond E. Feist

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ayla_derammelaere's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

mstrpurple's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This being the first book after the original Riftwar Trilogy in Midkemia, I had high expectations heading into the first of the Krondor's Sons books. I really liked the balance of utilizing pre-existing characters that were established and older, pre-existing characters that had become established in the interim between books, as well as brand new characters introduced in this book (of which there are MANY- good thing).

The band we follow through this book is truly engaging, and the background characters are charismatic and full (something I've come to expect and appreciate from Feist). Kesh comes alive in this book, which I loved, because previous to this book Kesh is a somewhat scary mystery to us readers.

One of Feist's downsides as an author is especially prevalent in this book- he cannot write women well at all. They are all either Carlines or sex pieces (sometimes both). This is partly because his protagonists are usually coming of age males, and Kesh's culture doesn't exactly help, but those excuses are not enough to hide the fact that the women in Feists books need more writing justice.

literaryescapade's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

jasbeans's review against another edition

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4.0

this was a good read, a story that didn’t take too much from the first books in the series and managed to hold its own. I was a little disappointed by the fact there was much less introspective narration than in the first books but the character development got there in the end

agnieszka_na_grzbietowisku's review against another edition

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4.0

This book was simply awesome! The first time I read this was in primary school before the year 2000 and back then i read the polish translation. Coming back to the book after 20+ years, and this time in English, the book gave me all the same feelings i treasured in my memory for all these years. I relived the adventures of the twins Borric and Erland. I wept at the deaths, I laughed at the jokes and I would love for the wonderful world of Midkemia and all of it's characters to last forever in my heart and mind.