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verumsolum's review against another edition
4.0
I struggle to understand my reaction to these books. I have enjoyed them, and want to return to this world again, but when I try to imagine how I would describe the books, I don’t comprehend my reaction to them. I feel in a weird position where I can tell you that I definitely enjoyed them, despite the knights and swords stuff not usually being to my taste. This is also a very... churchy book, but in a way that felt comfortable to me, somebody who used to be very active in the church and now find myself struggling to know my place in it now, when so much of what I used to believe I don’t any longer.
So, while I enjoy these books, I think they speak most to parts of me that I don’t think are common among those who know me online in 2021. I think I might more readily recommend these books to some people I used to know than to those I know today.
All of that may be a long-winded way of saying: Trust your gut. If you think you’ll enjoy these books, try them. If parts of their descriptions leave you worried about how you’ll react, give them a pass.
So, while I enjoy these books, I think they speak most to parts of me that I don’t think are common among those who know me online in 2021. I think I might more readily recommend these books to some people I used to know than to those I know today.
All of that may be a long-winded way of saying: Trust your gut. If you think you’ll enjoy these books, try them. If parts of their descriptions leave you worried about how you’ll react, give them a pass.
winters's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
suzjustsuz's review against another edition
4.0
1/18/16
I enjoyed this one a good bit, although much of the ending felt a bit like a cop out. Still, it closed the book arc and the arc for this story line fairly well and still left me wondering how the world would come around to integrating the Deryni in with the rest of society.
I have to admit that I find the mixture of history and fantasy a bit disconcerting in this series, as well as the mixing of Christianity. It lends the series a bit of a hodge podge feel that creates this sense of the series not really being able to decide what it wants to be.
Still, I enjoyed the characters and the stories, if not the world so much. I'll probably continue with the series as I am curious about both the Camber arc and the King Kelson arc.
1/5/16
I had to set this back on the shelf for a while because my audiobook is glitched and hard to listen to. I'll pick it back up when I have time to deal with buying it again.
I enjoyed this one a good bit, although much of the ending felt a bit like a cop out. Still, it closed the book arc and the arc for this story line fairly well and still left me wondering how the world would come around to integrating the Deryni in with the rest of society.
I have to admit that I find the mixture of history and fantasy a bit disconcerting in this series, as well as the mixing of Christianity. It lends the series a bit of a hodge podge feel that creates this sense of the series not really being able to decide what it wants to be.
Still, I enjoyed the characters and the stories, if not the world so much. I'll probably continue with the series as I am curious about both the Camber arc and the King Kelson arc.
1/5/16
I had to set this back on the shelf for a while because my audiobook is glitched and hard to listen to. I'll pick it back up when I have time to deal with buying it again.
conalo's review against another edition
4.0
Re-read of an old favorite series and still enjoyed it as much as the first time. Katherine Kurtz knows how to write epic fantasy tales.
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