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Summary: IS he getting better?
Review: B has always a good writing style. he is getting more inventing, and learning to make the characters more interesting. he is learning to carry out on amore deatiled level too, like combats. but this wasn't as good as the first book. there were some uninteresting stuff here, and the plot took a too much stereotypical turn for me. but masybe it's a "second book thing". haven't read the third one. anyway, it's still a good read from a , hopefully, "growing" writer
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Summary: Give us more..........
Review: As always Terry Brooks is one of the best writers to date. This book makes an excellent addition to all of the previous work. It doesn't compromise the Shannara realm in the least. I've been collecting Brooks in Hardback since I was 12.....29 now. My only regret was that after my divorce last year my ex-wife (wife at the time) disposed of all my books (got one at christmas out of her reach) except for Morgawr. The worlds that I shared with Mr. Brooks in my youth have all been lost. Lost but not forgotten.
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Summary: Engrossing but Predictable
Review: Guess what.... it's another Terry Brooks book from the world of Shannara. All of the interesting stuff about how the world has changed showed up in the first book. What's left is a boring middle of the series book where nothing really happens that hasn't happened in one of his previous trilogies.
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Summary: Boring and predictable
Review: I have been an avid brooks fan for 20 years - unfortunately this latest series falls apart with this book and gets worse with the last. The story is good and could have been excellent if all three books were condensed into one... Unfortunately, Brooks and DelRey are pushing the "trilogy" and there are about 200 pages of fluff in each book - in addition, all the characters are the same - filled with constant self doubt and constantly rehashing the same themes in dialogue or thought page after page after page.... I am very disappointed in this series - it is nowhere near the quality of the Sword, Elfstones or Talismans of Shannara all of which are stand alone books and NOT trilogies -
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Summary: Thrilling
Review: Just finished the book.The ending bites...you've got to read it!The book is full of thrills and twist and turns. Sword and sorcery,politics, trickery, intrigue, fights, swashbuckling, love, hate...Wonderful storytelling and complicated plot and character relations. if you've read the previous book, Truls Rhok is Revealed!...gotta read it.
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Summary: Best of this series
Review: While pieces of this book are a bit too predictable, it is one of the better works in this series. The blending of science and magic hints that Terry Brooks is going to head somewhere completely unpredictable when he extends his franchise beyond this series.
The story deals with the continuing voyage of the Jerle Shannara, which has traveled the Blue Divide to the land of Parkasia. Within the walls of Castledown, the party must find a way to defeat the being known as Antrax.
With the build up of the series out of the way, this book deals more with the twists and turns that make Terry Brooks one of the finest Fantasy writers of our generation. While the overall outcomes of the story follows the traditional hero's journey, who survives and the means of solving the puzzles require turning a lot of pages.
Antrax is a very compelling story, which is likely to keep you up for at least one or two nights, anxiously awaiting the outcome.
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Summary: Terry Brook's best
Review: "The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Antrax" had me completely spellbound throughout its entirety. I finished this book and quickly decided that it was by far the best in a long line of great novels by Terry Brooks. The character development is excellent; the plots are intriguing; and the twist are fascinating.Even after finishing the third in the series, Morgawr, Antrax still gets my vote as Terry brooks best effort ever. Many criticize his Shannara novels for following similar plotlines every time, but a fantasy novel is a fantasy novel. And if you like fanatasy novels, then Antrax will most definitely sit prominently on your bookshelf.
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Summary: Something Missing?
Review: Perhaps I am just getting older but the Shannara series has lost a lot of its previous magic... It seems almost like each release is a technical example of good writing as opposed to a good piece of fiction. Tie that into the repeating theme: One Druid, Two Boys, Everyone discovering super magical powers/legacies that they never knew they had... The best comparison I can think of would be the old kids show "Mighty Morphing Power Rangers". Yes there are different battlegrounds and monsters, but the story always followed the same path ending up in the super-mega-good-guy that always one. If the Shannara series is to continue, perhaps a little life needs to be blown back into the base plot.
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Summary: Dear, dear.....
Review: What is this load of nonsense?
I've certainly seen better from Terry.....
Such a disappointment, I truly hope the finale will buck up immensely. The book seems a bit too rushed at times. Whilst Book 1, Isle Witch was a tad slow, this one moved in a snail's pace. But, before all you Terry Brooks fans start throwing rotten tomatoes at me, please let me point out: this book is not bad...... sure, it ain't bad, but it just doesn't cut it.... And to think I was waiting for this book to come out.... A bit of an anti-climax, if you ask me.... Also, a word of caution: If you hadn't read Book 1, please do so before you attempt this book. That's because you won't know what on Earth is happening to the main charcaters at all!! Oh well, I give it the...rating of ....3 stars.
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Summary: An Amazing Continuation
Review: I thought that Ilse Witch was good. I thought that Antrax was amazing! Terry Brooks has somewhat reverted to his original writing style used through most of the Shannara books, and I say that's a bad move. But, there's so much action, and so many surprising plot twists, that they completely make up for Brooks' style. Characters-5 out of 5. If anything, they've gotten better than in Ilse Witch. Truls Rohk, the Ilse Witch, and Walker continue to be the best out of a fine cast of characters including Bek Ohmsford, Ahren Elessedil, Ryer Ord Star, and Quentin Leah (amazing! He doesn't annoy me enough to slam the book shut for a while, as most Leahs do, with their "I've got to protect and fall in love with girls" attitude). Storyline/Plot: 5 out of 5. Action-packed. There's so many plot twists I can't tell you much of the plot without giving it away. Overall: 5 out of 5. Great book, worth buying!
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