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Summary: Excellent and could not put it down
Review: Excellent book. Lot's of surprises. I enjoyed the new style and look forward to the sequel. The character development went throught the whole book. I feel by the time I got to know John Ross the book was over and I was wondering when the next book would be out. This is going to be a great series. It is full of surprises and that is what makes fantasy books great. Love the comtempory setting. It about time that fantasy books can be set in an age that is "modern" rather than mid-evil. I like mid-evil fantasy, however, the modern fantasy is something new and inspiring. I'll be reading all of these books in this series and I recommend anyone with an open mind to "modern" fantasy (as opposed to mid-evil or futuristic fantasy). All fantasy is great, but this is not only great, but unique. Terry has made the standard for "modern" fantasy.
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Summary: Worth reading
Review: This is only the second Terry Brooks book I have read and I did enjoy the book a lot. Plenty of secrets and action, and the stuff you can expect from Brooks.The story was good( I really liked everything that had to do with John Ross) and they are plenty of surprising secrets. The only problem with this is that certain things about magic comes natrually when it takes place in a modern day world. I could see if it was a fantasy world but it is not. Still a great book, and if you read the book, catch the sequal
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Summary: Disappointing and concerning
Review: I have been an avid fan of Terry Brooks ever since "The Sword of Shannara" first hit the bookstores in 1977. I absolutely love the Shannara and the Magic Kingdom series. Let me first say, I applaud Mr. Brooks attempt to bring fantasy into the modern world. When I first picked up this book, the thought had me positively excited. I was soon to become concerned and disappointed. In writing fiction, certain consistencies need to be maintained. When writing science fiction, you may change the rules of physics. When writing historical fiction, the major historical events cannot be changed (i.e. denying the Holocaust). In this case, writing about the spiritual world, Mr. Brooks should have done better research about the truths and facts of that world. I suggest Mr. Brooks consult the works of Frank Peretti; while these are fiction, the characters and events are consistent with the reality of that world. Mr. Brooks is an excellent and enjoyable author, and I ! look forward to his next Shannara or Landover novel. However, he needs to be careful with artistic license on subjects that touch on reality.What I mean is, We readers like to believe it is possible that there are alternate universes, such as Landover, and so it is possible that there could be a doorway hidden somewhere in the Blue Ridge mountains. However, in "Running with the Demon," John Ross and Nest say and do things not consistent with their characters.
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Summary: Pretty Cool
Review: I have almost every Terry Brooks Book on my shelf, and I loved the Shannara series, and the Landover series has a flare of its own. Running with a Demon took me a while to pick up, but when I did I couldn't put it down. I liked the book being set in contemperary times, it added a wierd kind of "realness" to the book. I look forward to the sequel, especially since it is in Seattle, I'm sure that it will be just as good as the rest of his books.
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Summary: 14 year old girl vs a demon!
Review: Strange, strange, strange, this book is said to be fiction on the side but it really is fantasy on planet earth. It has a Stephen King like feel because of this and the fact that it is dark. However, it doesn't have the memorable characters that Stephen King creates. The only thing I remember about Nest's guy friend is that he is a computer geek (oh please a computer geek in this book wears a t-shirt that says microsoft rules....) and one of her girl friends is a barbie doll who obsesses over her hair. Nest's best friend (the svylan) is just annoying which makes me wonder why she is even friends with him. In terms of plot this book is fair but predictable (because there are so many twists that you can predict what absurd twist could happen next). Something that made hardly any sense to me was that no one seemed to make a big deal out of her power to harm kids without even touching them. Overall, only get this book if you don't have much else to read.
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Summary: Couldn't Put It Down
Review: I loved this book and am excitedly waiting for the sequel. I loved his characters, humor, and a bit of romance. I'm not one of those mushy people book readers but I think he mixed well in this book.
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Summary: Terry Brooks does it again!
Review: I was a little worried that Terry Brooks was starting up a new series until I picked up this book. Brooks moves into the land of fantasy/horror and does an excellent job with both the plot and the characters. I look forward to the sequel.
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Summary: Predictable
Review: If the author had the ability to make the journey enjoyable, this book's utter predictability would have been less problematic. As it is, the book has a flatness that derives partly from the fact that it's all been done before, and done better. Terry Brooks has ventured deeply into Stephen King territory here, practically duplicating the plot of one of King's novels. Brooks fails to provide suspense, unpredictability, or interesting characters. His characters' magical abilities and his descriptions of their use fail to evoke the slightest sense of wonder; they might as well be mechanics describing the repair of a carburetor. There are long descriptive passages that are dully written and don't advance the plot or tell us anything we need to know. They are padding, and it shows. For the undiscriminating only.
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Summary: Disappointing.
Review: I have read every book written by Mr. Brooks, met him at one of his book signings, and await with great expectation every new book release. I have to say this was my first real disappointment. The world doesn't need another Steven King. It needs Terry Brooks. I'm sure he gets tired of the same old series and we probably would too eventually. But this was, as one person so apptly put it, "a real snooze". Take me to fantasyland Terry, not modern day Illinois.
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Summary: Running with the Demon is a must read
Review: I recently read Running with the demon by Terry Brooks. There are a few authors that I purchase new books by as soon as they are available in paperback and Brooks is high on that list. This book was awesome from start to finish. The characters were well thought out and fleshed out nicely. The best part of the books concept is the fact that it COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN. If you stop and think about it, why not? It would explain a whole lot about whats going on in the world. I reccomend Running with the Demon highly and would also reccommend reading all of Brooks' other works as well.
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