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A review by aglaranna
Magician's End by Raymond E. Feist
5.0
What can I say? What can I possibly say about the final book in this epic saga that changed my life fifteen years ago? God, it's such a bittersweet moment. I feel incredibly sad to know there will never be another book in this series, or even on this particular world, but I am so, so thankful that Magician's End turned out to be so freakin' fantastic. For now, I don't want to read anything fantasy-related for a couple of days, because this book, this series, has been the most important series in the past few years. I can't even begin to explain or write down what this series has done for me, so I'm going to do that at a later stage, when I'll feel less sad.
Magician's End is, finally, a novel that can be compared to Feist's earliest works. It is amazing, it is exciting, it is enthralling, it is thrilling, it is emotional, but most of all: it is an ending. I was quite worried that some storylines would be forgotten or would not be satisfyingly completed, but I was wrong to doubt Mr Feist. His last works were not all that good, but with Magician's End he finally showed why I loved his works from the very beginning. It was a proper ending, and although sad in many ways (I knew some characters were bound to die..), Feist did an amazing job in connecting all the storylines together and give them proper endings.
But in order to understand this novel you have to have read everything Feist has ever written (with the exception of his only non-Midkemia novel Faerie Tale). Seriously. I mean it. There are so many references to earlier stories and characters that you would do the series a great injustice by not reading the rest of them before reading Magician's End. And I sincerely advice you, and everyone, to read this series. It is absolutely perfect fantasy. Midkemia will always be the world I know best after Earth, and I am quite sure that will never ever change. Go read it. May Ishap be with you.
Magician's End is, finally, a novel that can be compared to Feist's earliest works. It is amazing, it is exciting, it is enthralling, it is thrilling, it is emotional, but most of all: it is an ending. I was quite worried that some storylines would be forgotten or would not be satisfyingly completed, but I was wrong to doubt Mr Feist. His last works were not all that good, but with Magician's End he finally showed why I loved his works from the very beginning. It was a proper ending, and although sad in many ways (I knew some characters were bound to die..), Feist did an amazing job in connecting all the storylines together and give them proper endings.
But in order to understand this novel you have to have read everything Feist has ever written (with the exception of his only non-Midkemia novel Faerie Tale). Seriously. I mean it. There are so many references to earlier stories and characters that you would do the series a great injustice by not reading the rest of them before reading Magician's End. And I sincerely advice you, and everyone, to read this series. It is absolutely perfect fantasy. Midkemia will always be the world I know best after Earth, and I am quite sure that will never ever change. Go read it. May Ishap be with you.