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A review by rickybgood
The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
2.0
Sadly I've had to give this only two stars.
I've wanted to read this since seeing the T.V adaptation, and was eager to sit down and immerse myself into this world again.
The story opens nicely, gently pulling you into the world with simple character introductions that feel endearing and interesting. The pace of writing is also good, neither to lofty or slow and I found that I really enjoyed turning the pages.
However;
I can't believe how closely this resembles obvious Lord of the rings and the hobbit tropes. At first I was happy to let them slide (having read Robert Jordan's wheel of time, I'm aware that they can quickly lead into their own style). But as I got further into the book, the story sadly, continued to heavily, shadow both the hobbit and fellowship of the ring. I grew quickly despondent with the world and found it almost laughable at times.
I will read the second in his series as I've heard the writer comes into his own. So in a sense I've not completely thrown him out.
Sadly for me however, this first book was awful.
I've wanted to read this since seeing the T.V adaptation, and was eager to sit down and immerse myself into this world again.
The story opens nicely, gently pulling you into the world with simple character introductions that feel endearing and interesting. The pace of writing is also good, neither to lofty or slow and I found that I really enjoyed turning the pages.
However;
I can't believe how closely this resembles obvious Lord of the rings and the hobbit tropes. At first I was happy to let them slide (having read Robert Jordan's wheel of time, I'm aware that they can quickly lead into their own style). But as I got further into the book, the story sadly, continued to heavily, shadow both the hobbit and fellowship of the ring. I grew quickly despondent with the world and found it almost laughable at times.
I will read the second in his series as I've heard the writer comes into his own. So in a sense I've not completely thrown him out.
Sadly for me however, this first book was awful.