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Ilse Witch (The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Book 1)

Ilse Witch (The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Book 1)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Bravo Once Again!
Review: Once again Terry Brooks returns to the world of Shannara and completely captivates. I purchased the book as soon as it came out and finished it in two days. I was devastated to learn the next book wouldn't be published until September 2001. I won't reveal any of the content or plot of the book; suffice it to say that it is excellent; no, beyond excellent. My only complaint is there is too long a wait between books! (Write faster, Mr. Brooks!) As far as I'm concerned, there are only two science fiction/fantasy authors worth reading - - Tokien and Terry Brooks.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Entertaining, but not like the Shannara of the past
Review: Ilse Witch was a relatively quick read, and it was entertaining, but it lacked what I seem to remember as thorough descriptions of the setting from the previous Shannara novels. I just did not get the sense for where the characters were. Also, the airship bit is just a little too far flung for my taste. I almost did not bother reading this book because of that.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Only 1/3 of a book (maybe only 1/4)
Review: I thought this book was a great summer read. It had a good pace, an interest concept and likable, if not complex, characters. My only disappointment was that it isn't an entire book, it is just a teaser for the books to come. The book does not have an ending; the book just runs out of pages. I highly suspect that Mr. Brook's book deal states that he needs to write 451 pages per book and that is what he did.

The Isle Witch is a good start but if you have a memory like me wait until all 3 or 4 installment have been written, so you can read the whole story.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: this book kick[s]
Review: look. this book isn't "weak." it does have a cliffhanger ending, but thats the point of a SERIES right?! if it explained everything in the first book, terry brooks wouldn't have sold a single book. This is one of those "read 'em again and again and still realize something u missed on the 9th time thru. i have a 1st ed. book, and i read this book faster than i read any other book. get it. read it. again. and again. grow old and read it to yur kids. its that kinda book.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Whats Happened To Terry?????!!!!
Review: Terry Brooks has captivated me through his Shannara series, until now!! The Isle Witch lacks the flow of his former novels. It also seems to have been cut to the point where you read and expext more detail on many things but simply dosen't happen. The charachters are not so memorable as his last books made immortal. Truls Rohk is the only charachter I find interesting, the only "cool" charachter in the book. Terry Brooks didn't take the time to produce a proper novel, or simply is tired of the series and his imagination and patience has all but left. I am most displeased wih Terry's sudden change and lack of forethought to his writing. Terry went from a top writer to a writer simply "pumping out a book". He should be ashamed of this novel, apologize to his fans and strive for the magic he spun from the depths of his imagination that the Shannara series had once been!!!!!!! Shame on you Terry. YOU KNOW BETTER!!!!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Another excellent story
Review: I wish I could write like Terry Brooks. This is another excellent story in the Shannara series. The only bad part is waiting for the next book in the series to be printed, but it'll be worth it. If you've read the his previous Shannara stories this one is a must. If you haven't, you need to.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: What a great start
Review: This was the first Terry Brooks book I have ever read, and it blew me away. I loved the story all the way through. Now I have to go back and read all the other series he's written previous to this one for history and back ground on the people, such as Walker. By then book two Antrax might be out.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Brookes Stunnes us again
Review: I have read every one of Brookes books through out his oong career as a top-notch fantasy writer. Starting back in the mid-70's with the Sword of Shanara, know with his newest Jerle Shanara! I am only in 8th grade, but I have read quite a bit of Fantasy. Brookes in my opionion is as good as any Fantasy writer of all time. It has more action and a better story Line(Jerle Shanara) then J. R.R. Tolkien. And has a much faster more interesting/fast moving story then the entire Robert Jordan series...even the first three. (out of 9). One thing I love about his writing is he can put as much information and story into 3 of his pages, then another writing can do in 40-50 page! It seemed like some of Robert Jordans books seemed to drag when I compared them to the fast action of Brookes.

He is very descriptive and a all-around great writer. The only thing I could say to improve apone is a different type of story. I love Shanara, but after you read the entire series you get the feeling that each book is so simple, that basiclly all it is, is a regular every day fantasy book. Maybe a little unoriganal. But who am I to judge.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Something is missing . . . .
Review: The book is missing an ending. I can appreciate that Brooks writes series and that no one book usually wraps up a complete story. But this is taking the teaser approach a bit too far for a book this long. It is obvious that Brooks is taking his fan base for granted and has done us a disservice. I will read the sequel, but I might not even start the next story line Brooks peddles. I'll take Raymond Feist over this any day.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great story until the very weak ending!
Review: I have read many of Terry Brooks books and all of them are written with great attention to story and character development. Ilse Witch is not unlike Brooks previous works in this manner. However, Ilse Witch falls short of being one of Brooks best works simply due to the fact that the ending is non-existant. The reader spends the entire book learning about the history of previous characters and the details of new characters and how they are leading up to a huge battle between good and evil (typical Brooks style). The battle does not occur in this book. The ending fizzles with a note that states that the clash will be detailed in the next book. So after 454 pages of gearing up to the great battle, the reader is left cold and frustrated. It seems as though this book is merely a teaser for Brooks future novel sales. I am thoroughly disappointed in this sort of writing but will undoubtedly purchase the sequel for closure, if anything.


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