Reviews

The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks

hamnswiss7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

sneaker22's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

johanna_phoenix's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.5

mbs1236's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful slow-paced

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

3.0

This captures perfectly what a 3 star book is. Though not as bad as it is made out to be, this is however a very generic fantasy story. 

bee97's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

5.0

j_nell's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

lexius_k's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.0

It's a big rip-off of the Lord of the Rings.

saspence49's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

nikkifortenberry's review against another edition

3.0

When my brother and I were young he loved Terry Brooks and the Shannara books. He tried to get me to read them several times, but I was never interested. Unfortunately, my brother passed away a few years ago. When I found this book at a used book store, I grabbed it…perhaps in hopes of connecting with him in some way.
I have to be honest, the beginning of this book was slow. I was starting to feel bad because I wasn’t enjoying it. My husband reminded me several times that my brother was 13 when he enjoyed these books.
Just as I was starting to consider not finishing it, it picked up. The second half of the book is pretty good and it finishes strong.
I will definitely read more of the Shannara series.

midwifereading's review against another edition

2.0

Pretty predictable. Kind of a cop-out ending, but I enjoyed the characters.