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zainkilroy 's review for:
Magician
by Raymond E. Feist
3.75 stars
The plot was great. The characters were too black and white for my personal taste. The first hundred pages I noticed something was bothering me and I just couldn’t figure it out. When I finally did it was a lightbulb moment. The characters too easily convince each other of their arguments. They apologize too quickly. There are no bullies. There are good guys and bad guys. Good guys are always good and bad guys are always bad. Then half way through the story you find out that not all of the bad guys are actually bad. In fact there are a bunch of good guys mixed in there. Again they are clearly always good. There aren’t really any gray areas for anyone. There is really only one grey character in the whole story but you find out that he was actually not at the end.
I say all of that to say that I enjoyed the story. I just wish the characters had been a little more complex. A little more human.
The plot was great. The characters were too black and white for my personal taste. The first hundred pages I noticed something was bothering me and I just couldn’t figure it out. When I finally did it was a lightbulb moment. The characters too easily convince each other of their arguments. They apologize too quickly. There are no bullies. There are good guys and bad guys. Good guys are always good and bad guys are always bad. Then half way through the story you find out that not all of the bad guys are actually bad. In fact there are a bunch of good guys mixed in there. Again they are clearly always good. There aren’t really any gray areas for anyone. There is really only one grey character in the whole story but you find out that he was actually not at the end.
I say all of that to say that I enjoyed the story. I just wish the characters had been a little more complex. A little more human.