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Summary: Fantasy fan
Review: For some reason this book seemd familiar too me even though it was my first time reading it. I soon dicovered that this book is identical to the first book of the series. Basically this book is the same string of events with differnt names attached. Then as i continued the series i found that each book was very similar. It seemed that by 50 pages in the book each character was seperated from the group in a different and dangerous world. I'll admit that drake seemed to improve as an author but his plot is really suffering. Although this book lacks originality it is still somewhat entertaining.
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Summary: Fantasy fan
Review: For some reason this book seemd familiar too me even though it was my first time reading it. I soon dicovered that this book is identical to the first book of the series. Basically this book is the same string of events with differnt names attached. Then as i continued the series i found that each book was very similar. It seemed that by 50 pages in the book each character was seperated from the group in a different and dangerous world. I'll admit that drake seemed to improve as an author but his plot is really suffering. Although this book lacks originality it is still somewhat entertaining.
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Summary: Fairly stock S&S adventure with Drake's good writing.
Review: How many new Sword & Sorcery plots can there be? This fairly tepid plot benefits from David Drake's expected excellent writing, but unless you are a dyed in the wool S&S enthusiast, this book becomes "a demon too far".
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Summary: Seemed to be the same as the first book in the series.
Review: I enjoyed the book inasmuch as I can like a book which is the same as one I have already read. Several details also seemed to be missing or glossed over in the second book.
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Summary: Horrible.
Review: I feel that everyone is being a bit too nice with their reviews. I did enjoy the first book of this series, it was interesting, so I moved on to the second. What complete and utter dribble, I cringe when I pick it up, hoping that it will get better. Here are my problems with it:1) Boring. 2) No character development. 3) So many parts that make you say... "huh? What is the author talking about." 4) Almost redundant situations. "Oh, look, I popped into a new world again, I'll go this way to get out! Yep, I was right again!" Im almost done the book but I don't think I can read another paragraph, so its going away for good. I will not even bother reading another book in this series. ....
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Summary: Very Satisfying
Review: I found this book to be very enjoyable; there are almost too many possibilities for the direction of the story to take from here. Drake is very good at juggling the multiple threads as characters separate and rejoin.
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Summary: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Review: I liked the first book of the series, but this one just went on and on without doing anything. The characters weren't thought out at all... for example, our four heroes, close friends since childhood, are separated when their ship is wrecked at sea. We go over fifty pages before any of them say "hey, I hope the others are okay..." and they NEVER get around to saying "hey, I hope the hapless unnamed sailors on the ship survived, even though I know they are the fantasy equivalent of Star Trek Red-Shirted Security Guards..." Don't waste your time. Read "Game of Thrones" instead.
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Summary: Queen of Demons
Review: I must confess, I began my journey reading David Drake books while waiting for the next Terry Goodkind book to come out. I had read a few good reviews, and saw that Terry himself had complimented Drake for "The Lord of the Isles". As with the first of this series I found this book to be enjoyable, if not very good at times. Were I to try to put my finger the single most glaring problem with the book, it would have to be: The pace. Drake streches his readers interest out for an exhaustive amount of time between areas of plot which have put him on the shelf. After finishing the book, I found myself wanting to bookmark the great chapters from, well "the rest" of the chapters. As I could then in good conscience recommend my edited version to my friends. Drake seems to lead his readers with character and plot development, and abandon them midstream with reckless abandon. However, after saying all of this, it must be said that when this book is good, it is really good. Enough so that I am going to check out "Servant of the Dragon". If I had one last comment to the author I would tell him. "Don't be afraid of a little romance!" Even the toughest of the tough SF male reader likes to see a little love.
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Summary: Just Can't Seem To Finish It
Review: I'm amazed! I started reading these reader comments hoping to get some insight into where these books are headed. Apparently no other reader has figured it out either. Even the people who said they liked it seemed to hit the nail right on the head: There is NO character development in this book. The characters are dull and uninteresting. After a book and a half and some 700+ pages I had to admit that I just didn't CARE what happened to these people. This book, more so than the first, is impossible to finish because if you lose interest and set it down for a few days (weeks, months while you read something more interesting)then pick it up again, you're completely lost because there is absolutely nothing memorable about the characters or the plot. Sure Drake "Juggles plot lines and brings them neatly together" because in this world NOTHING makes sense, there's no cause and effect, the characters don't learn from their adventures, so he can just WRITE them back together. The books end when Drake stops writing, not when he's resolved some conflict. Okay, his writing is clear, his ideas are fresh, inventive and fairly exciting, but basic writing techniques like story arch and character development seem to be lost on the author. Considering these are covered at length in nearly every basic creative writing class, book or magazine, one wonders how he's managed to avoid exposure to any of the above, or why he chose to ignore these basic concepts. A one-night class would do him wonders! But then he's managed to get paid to write at lest 4 of these. Do us all a favor. Don't buy this book and maybe he'll stop writing them.
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Summary: Just Can't Seem To Finish It
Review: I'm amazed! I started reading these reader comments hoping to get some insight into where these books are headed. Apparently no other reader has figured it out either. Even the people who said they liked it seemed to hit the nail right on the head: There is NO character development in this book. The characters are dull and uninteresting. After a book and a half and some 700+ pages I had to admit that I just didn't CARE what happened to these people. This book, more so than the first, is impossible to finish because if you lose interest and set it down for a few days (weeks, months while you read something more interesting)then pick it up again, you're completely lost because there is absolutely nothing memorable about the characters or the plot. Sure Drake "Juggles plot lines and brings them neatly together" because in this world NOTHING makes sense, there's no cause and effect, the characters don't learn from their adventures, so he can just WRITE them back together. The books end when Drake stops writing, not when he's resolved some conflict. Okay, his writing is clear, his ideas are fresh, inventive and fairly exciting, but basic writing techniques like story arch and character development seem to be lost on the author. Considering these are covered at length in nearly every basic creative writing class, book or magazine, one wonders how he's managed to avoid exposure to any of the above, or why he chose to ignore these basic concepts. A one-night class would do him wonders! But then he's managed to get paid to write at lest 4 of these. Do us all a favor. Don't buy this book and maybe he'll stop writing them.
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