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A review by tshrum
The Scions of Shannara by Terry Brooks
4.0
The first entry in “The Heritage of Shannara Series”, the four book entry in Terry Brook’s Shannara series. I had previously read Elfstones and Wishsong, the final two books in Brook’s first Shannara trilogy, so I was really excited to get back to the world and continue the journey.
The story takes place 300 years after the original trilogy ends. Despite that, the protagonistical family of the Ohmsford’s are still going strong, though with a bit less of the magic that they possessed in the last two entries. I really liked this time jump, it gave a chance to start anew while keeping locations and other familiar aspects.
What I enjoyed about this book was that it wasn’t as much of a fetch quest based story as the others. While the overarching story is indeed Par, Walker, and Wren being sent on their own respective tasks by the now shade version of Allanon, it doesn’t quite feel like the more linear stories told in previous Shannara books. I also liked the feeling that this book was setting something up, as opposed to a singular journey being told in the same number of pages. It allowed for the characters to have a bit more development, and let the focus fall on some secondary characters a bit more.
Overall, a solid entry into the world of Shannara! I’ve seen some people say this is a good entry point into the world, and I wouldn’t agree with that. As a reader who already had the knowledge of the OG trilogy, I was okay, but I feel like there are enough references to previous events/characters that it would help to read the others!
4/5 for me, looking forward to the next one!
The story takes place 300 years after the original trilogy ends. Despite that, the protagonistical family of the Ohmsford’s are still going strong, though with a bit less of the magic that they possessed in the last two entries. I really liked this time jump, it gave a chance to start anew while keeping locations and other familiar aspects.
What I enjoyed about this book was that it wasn’t as much of a fetch quest based story as the others. While the overarching story is indeed Par, Walker, and Wren being sent on their own respective tasks by the now shade version of Allanon, it doesn’t quite feel like the more linear stories told in previous Shannara books. I also liked the feeling that this book was setting something up, as opposed to a singular journey being told in the same number of pages. It allowed for the characters to have a bit more development, and let the focus fall on some secondary characters a bit more.
Overall, a solid entry into the world of Shannara! I’ve seen some people say this is a good entry point into the world, and I wouldn’t agree with that. As a reader who already had the knowledge of the OG trilogy, I was okay, but I feel like there are enough references to previous events/characters that it would help to read the others!
4/5 for me, looking forward to the next one!