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Magician: Apprentice (The Riftwar Saga, #1)
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Started out well. I liked the main character, it seemed like it might be interesting. Then they walked into the mines of Moria, visited Galadriel in Lothlorien, (but he renamed them all, cuz he's smart like that) and the main character disappeared halfway through the narrative.
The characters were flat as cardboard, particularly the females, and he spent most of his time telling rather than showing. Eventually the main character shows up, in the second half of this book which was published as Magician:Master. By that time, he's utterly useless except as a plot device, boring, self important, and overall I wished he had stayed kidnapped.
Basically, it was a load of derivative and nigh-unmitigated crap and I can't believe I actually read the sequel to this. What was I thinking?
The characters were flat as cardboard, particularly the females, and he spent most of his time telling rather than showing. Eventually the main character shows up, in the second half of this book which was published as Magician:Master. By that time, he's utterly useless except as a plot device, boring, self important, and overall I wished he had stayed kidnapped.
Basically, it was a load of derivative and nigh-unmitigated crap and I can't believe I actually read the sequel to this. What was I thinking?
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By "finished the saga" do you mean that there's a third book after Magician:Master? Because that one did nothing to impress me either. I don't think reading more of this series would help since I can't stand the man's writing style and his ability with characterization is paper-thin.
Ah, well.
Yeah, there are two other books after Magician: Master. I guess the saga isn't for everybody...
Yeah. I didn't like the Thomas Covenant stuff either, though I understand it gets better despite the whole rape thing. Oh well. Plenty of other books out there! :-)
Well that answers my question as to whether or not I should bother reading the sequel in some vain hope that Feist's writing will improve. Couldn't agree more with you review.
I'm struggling to finish. It is so boring a..
I was absolutely loving just about everything in this book, untill shortly after everyone escaped the mine. I struggling to finsh the last 150 pages.
Cheers