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givethatbooknerd 's review for:
The King's Buccaneer
by Raymond E. Feist
3 stars: a good story but it drags on too long.
The storyline: the story was good, and quite a logical structure. Of course, tragedy strikes again for Crydee, and our characters try to put things right. There's a great journey to unknown lands and a nice heist-like rescue action. But the book does drag on a bit too much, for my taste. I realise that the journey takes long, but the book made it drag a bit too much to be really enjoyable.
The characters: I really like Nicky as a character! From unsure boy to pirate captain in a believable character development. Henry, Amos and Brisa are great supporting characters. I especially liked Nakor's parts, very funny without being slapstick. Margaret and Abigail were okay to read about, not too special.
The worldbuilding: what I like about Feist's Krondor books is that they have such different settings. We've had a 'typical' medieval high fantasy setting, a more urban setting and a more outlandish setting in the Riftwar books, and this book is very much a pirate book. Nice to get to know a part of Midkemia we haven't seen yet.
The atmosphere: the atmosphere is hard to determine. It was mostly about waiting, I think? Waiting till they reach a certain place, so they can do something instead of waiting.
Best part: the final battle. It's where everyone's character development comes together.
The storyline: the story was good, and quite a logical structure. Of course, tragedy strikes again for Crydee, and our characters try to put things right. There's a great journey to unknown lands and a nice heist-like rescue action. But the book does drag on a bit too much, for my taste. I realise that the journey takes long, but the book made it drag a bit too much to be really enjoyable.
The characters: I really like Nicky as a character! From unsure boy to pirate captain in a believable character development. Henry, Amos and Brisa are great supporting characters. I especially liked Nakor's parts, very funny without being slapstick. Margaret and Abigail were okay to read about, not too special.
Spoiler
What I really liked was that this whole mission was started because of Nicky and Henry's infatuation with Abigail and Margaret, but in the end, the boys realised that it was just a crush, which they were over. It did not downplay the mission they were on, but gave a good realistic twist.The worldbuilding: what I like about Feist's Krondor books is that they have such different settings. We've had a 'typical' medieval high fantasy setting, a more urban setting and a more outlandish setting in the Riftwar books, and this book is very much a pirate book. Nice to get to know a part of Midkemia we haven't seen yet.
The atmosphere: the atmosphere is hard to determine. It was mostly about waiting, I think? Waiting till they reach a certain place, so they can do something instead of waiting.
Best part: the final battle. It's where everyone's character development comes together.