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Summary: Dissapointed
Review: As with other readers I was extremely dissapointed by his latest 3 works, The Riftwar Legacy. About 8 years ago I picked up a hardback book at a yard sale of Feists Magician Apprentice and Master. I was so taken away that I immediatley bought every book he had and waited eagerly for the next. Anyone who knows Fesit knows him as a gifted writer, able to make his readers love and understand his characters. I even wanted to cry as Jimmy died, and felt my own blood rushing as Arutha defended Crydee. Alas this new series has none of that. It has left me to think that Feist has only taken a video games plot and added a few more words for the sake of it. I only hope he will continue the series as it was and continue to amaze us with the skills that make him one of the best ever.
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Summary: <sigh> Poor and Underwhelming
Review: I'll echo the words of others in these reviews and say that this is a poor novella in a generally good line of books. Feist has been one of the more consistent fantasy writers but the last three legacy books have left me cold. In fact I will go so far as to say that the novelization of the games has detracted from some of his earlier works as the familiar characters feel at best two dimensional and stilted.
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Summary: Feist's stunning Riftwar book
Review: I believe that this book is inovative like many of Feist's other compelling books. It continues with Krondor and repeats old which makes even new readeres understand what is going on..he depects battles, hiding, and such so breathtaking that you fell as though your the person doing it.
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Summary: How Disappointing!
Review: Feist is one of my favorite authors. My copy of Magician is dog-earred with all the times I have re-read it. This book, on the other hand, is pure drivel. I fully agree with others who have panned this book. It smacks of basic D&D computer game plots and is just not worth reading. Please, read the first 4 Riftwar books, the Daughter of the Empire series (wonderful & underappreciated), but skip this whole sub-series. Feist needs to take stock of what kind of writer he wants to be. Obviously he has the talent, what he does with it is up to him.
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Summary: Going through the motions
Review: Feist's story line has become derivative and it appears he has joined Clancy in losing interest in pleasing a devoted audience. I am amazed at the amount of repetitive phrases he uses in this book (how many times did James almost lose his head; how often did he sidestep to have two opponents get in each other's way?). As I recall, in "Magician" and his other earlier work there were a number of underlying plots and twists. This book could not have been more predictable. Actually, the "trilogy" could have been one book. But then we wouldn't have had to read three novellas and pay for all three.
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Summary: No more $25 hardcopies of doublespaced-14 font PC games
Review: I also was hooked since Magician Apprentice and have bought everything since, but it ends here. I really wanted to like this, but this is the third time I've plunked down $20+ on a Krondor hardcover with nothing in it except that it's written in a huge font and reads like the cheats to a roll playing computer game. If Feist didn't write this, then he really doesn't want to write about Krondor anymore. There's no feeling for the characters, they go from town to town solving riddles and quests that I really don't care about anymore. I'll go back to rereading his earlier work, but won't go for the new hard covers anymore. This will be a pamphlet when it's released in paperback. I suggest you wait for it and read it inbetween class or on the train. I was really dissappointed. I feel taken. I'd be curious to know why some people liked it(though I have a feeling that being short or helping them solve the eventual PC game might be the best reasons).
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Summary: Has PC game written all over
Review: The only books I read now are from Raymond Feist. I've given up on the other fantasy authors due to various reasons. So saying that, I consider Feist to be one of the best writers so far. The first two in the riftwar legacy were rather enjoyable reads but don't come close to his riftwar books. Now with Tear of Gods I am a bit further disappointed. When I was reading it, I could tell immediately this was geared towards the PC game plot. I understand the business necessity of doing so though... If you
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Summary: Feist is one of the fav authers, but I want my money back
Review: Let me start off by saying that since the moment I have picked up my first book by Feist, I've been hooked. His continuing series is the best I've read next to Tom Clancy's run with Jack Ryan. However, it is painfully obvious that this book was written under some sort of duress. Storyline-wise, this is a VERY short story and really strikes me as something that should have been a minor plot strand in another book. The three main characters bumble from clue to clue in solving a mystery that's not very interesting to begin with, and there is no plausability for the story whatsoever. For so important a task as they are undertaking, I find it incredibly hard to believe a young thief/squire, newly appointed court mage, and a fairly minor Ishapian monk are alone in their quest. None of the other characters which we know and love make an appearance, not even Pug, which is surprising because of the magnitude of what has happened. I understand the constraints placed on the auther since this was a game first, and in the intro to the book Feist also mentions that he was undergoing a divorce while writing this, but I'm really quite surprised that he published this book under his own name. Like any other Feist fan I will continue to buy every book he publishes, until I see more than two books of this quality in print, but I urge anyone who has not already bought this to wait for the paperback edition. In a review by someone praising this book, he mentions he read it in one night, well, that is hardly surprising condsidering the large font used and the small number of pages.
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Summary: Disapointing work from a great writer
Review: Raymond E. Feist's books have a special place in my bookcase. I read Magician 10 years ago, and bought all his other books since as soon as they are out in hardcover. I must have read the entire series at least 4-5 times so far. This said, Tears of the God (and the entire Krondor serie for that matter) feels like Feist didn't write them. I understand Betrayal and Tears are novelisation of computer games, however the storylines are too linear. Events seems to pop up just to make the book go forward, just like a computer game would. We are far from great characterization and relaxing with old "friends" feel we get reading his other books. Jummy the Hand is another disapointment for me in this serie. I can't seem to find a continuity between that Krondor serie's Jimmy and what he is in all other books. He seems just a little bit out of tune, not a true in-between in his caracterization. So, I would never recommend enough Feist's work, starting with Magician up to Serpentwar saga. However, to me Tears of the God, and the entire Krondor serie, is not an interresting addition.
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Summary: none
Review: Enthralling and engaging in its complex plots and characters. Feist is one of the finest fantasy writers around, and he delivers with non-stop action, magic, deception, and suspense. Gary S. Potter Author/Poet.
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