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Summary: The description
Review: Feist, has toped all of his other bookes except for"Magician: Aprentice" and "Magician: Master" (alsoknow as the "Magician"). His use of description has increased thoughout all of his wrightings, but the description used in "Rage of a Demond King" hit the roof and contuned going on past. What I liked the most in the use of description was the way he descriped the characters and the combat during the book.
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Summary: Feist gets bloody
Review: I give Rage of a Demon King very mixed reviews. The well-loved characters get further developed - well Eric does. Roo suffers a bit. However, the book is all blood, guts, and destruction with a few gags thrown in. More worthy of a special effects/action movie than a Feist novel. Worth reading to follow the story and hopefully it leaves a clean slate for the next volume
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Summary: It is the most Awesome Fantasy of our time.
Review: Based on the Riftwar Saga, The serpentwar Saga is great andFeist should continue coming up with great books like these.
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Summary: YOU MUST BE JOKING
Review: OK. I loved the Rift War saga, so I do enjoy reading works bythis authour. But I think Feist has fallen to that most dreadeddisease to which many successful authors succumb to, complacency. Damn, at times the man hardly seems interested enough in keeping the story moving. Give me a ******* break! Some of the very foundations on which the popularity of Midkemia are based on are torn down. Well, hopefully that he has now destroyed everything, and "...all that remains is that which is a Sarth." (shades of Silverthorn) he can now recreate this interesting little area of the world into something filled with the politcal intensity found in Princes of the Blood, the urgency found in Darkness at Sethanon and for **** sake the magic, wonder and sense of discovery we found when we picked up The Magician. MAN GO BACK TO THE FIRST FOUR NOVELS AND YOU DEFFINITELY CAN NOT GO WRONG.
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Summary: An overall thrilling read...
Review: Raymond Fiest returns to enchanting Midekemia with a novel ofErik and Roo, the two heroes who we have begun to love. Pug andMacros, along with Miranda, must thwart the efforts of the demons to enter Midekemia from Shila, the Sauur homeworld. The Emrald Queen's army begins its invasion of the Kingdom, and...... you'll just have to read it. Overall, this book is a sure winner
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Summary: Great concepts, but getting a little routine
Review: I've loved Feist for years, so don't get me wrong. However,ol' Raymond's action is getting a little too same-ey. Which is why,compared to others, I'm quite happy to see some old characters die away. There will always be new faces to get to know, more friends to meet- look at where Roo and Erik have come from in the past five years. To be honest, I approve of a writer who can happily let characters 'pass on' in the interest of a good story. The insight that Nakor dishes out is, as always what has most endeared me to this story. Feist's universe concept is a true delight and the use of a character such as Nakor is truly excellent. There is obviously room for something more, but the saga could also be easily left where it is. Part of the message Feist is portraying is through his 'theology' (for want of a better name) is that life will continue on, now that the events of RoaDK have occurred. Certainly, I will continue to eagerly devour any offerings that come my way.
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Summary: Fast, furious and a pleasure to read!
Review: This book is pure Feist, its starts fast and never slowsdown. The only negative comments that i have are that the end is toopen and is a little to leading into the next book. All his books are interwoven but this book lead directly into either the fourth book of what i though was a trilogy or into the next series. Although either option is better than wraping something up that wasn't ready to end. One last complaint, Raymond needs to write longer books and more of them!! I can't get enough.
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Summary: It just keeps going and going and going(eveready bunny)
Review: Even though I've always enjoyed Feist's way of ^Mwriting, and finished this book in less than^Mtwo days, I have the feeling that something's ^M missing. When is a vision lost to the big obstacle^M of money? When is simplicity exchanged for a ^M complicated story that will keep the readers ^M buy books. The characters are still great, but^M Feist should focus more on them instead of^M constantly revealing hard to believe plot twists^M we could easily do without. As a reader I know how^M hard it is to let go of the characters you read ^M about, and I can imagine it's even harder for the^M author, but it's really time for Feist to move^M on. Perhaps to another co-op with Janny Wurts?
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Summary: Rage of a Demon King: A Satisfying Conclusion
Review: Actually, I'd give this book a seven and a half.
First of all, while Rage of a Demon King ties up many of the loose ends which have accumulated through this three book series, it attempts to do too much. The Pug subplot got old very, very fast, and the stunning accumulation of new information the reader receives after Macros's awakening (i.e., Nalar the evil god, Ishap is dead, the Valheru and the other races are pawns) not only weaken the earlier series but they aren't needed. It's almost as though Feist feels the need to manufacture a gigantic overarching plot when one isn't needed. The emerald queen invading with her army is plot enough. By the way, is it just me, or do the Pantathians disappear way to quickly?
That being said, the novel does have its strong points. In some cases new information is appreciated. The Dread being defined as the denizens of the seventh circle of hell and the demon's as the fifth is appreciated. The battle between Maarg and Macros is fantastic, and Roo and Erik's evolution as characters is fascinating. Why Feist didn't concentrate more on them is incomprehensible. Rise of a Merchant Prince is the best book of the series, perhaps the best of the newer Midkemia books. Roo's inability to love and Erik's eventual confrontation with his Darkmoor history is far more interesting than Pug and Miranda's exploration through other dimensions. The ending, which suddenly removes the Keshian threat, the demon horde, and redefines Nakor, Pug, Calis, and Tomas, leaves enough loose ends that we can expect a sequel rather quickly. General Fadawah is still wandering around, and Krondor still hasn't been rebuilt. Hopefully new characters as interesting as Roo, Erik, and Calis will arise. Feist certainly killed off enough of the old characters to make room. The taking of Krondor and the death of William, Jimmy the Hand, and his wife Gamina, are gut wrenching and really give the reader the sense of closure towards the first books in the Midkemia world. One must wonder what the future holds, and yet it is easy to find satisfaction in the ending. Is Tomas now more human? Why was Calis the only one who could use the lifestone? Why was Pug allowed to choose his fate by Lims Kragma? I only hope these questions are answered on Midkemia, and not by dimension hopping. That is what Feist does best, even if he loves writing about overarching battles between gods and immortals. Still, this series has proven a good read, and one of the better over-all series in fantasy literature.
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Summary: Diffrent style from Feist!
Review: Excellent book!
Feist has successfuly carried off the trilogy in this final book, however, unlike normal, he has left a way open for another series of books, this is most unlike him, but otherwise, This book is a very good read. I like what happens to the friendship of Roo and Eric at the very end. with Roo's Business, and Eric's promotion!!!!!!?!
Anyway, good book, read it, you'll love it. It's what we've been waiting for!
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