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Summary: Feist's Writing Improves But The Story Remains The Same
Review: Of the six books that comprise or grow out of the "Riftwar Saga," this is without doubt Feist's best effort in terms of writing skills. Backing away, at least in the beginning, from the event laden narrative of his earlier books, the author finally attempts to provide greater depth both in terms of his characterizations and building up a premise from which to launch this newest tale. Unfortunately he does not entirely follow through with this effort, and after the first 150 pages begins to fall back upon his old formula of letting the action primarily support the story. The result is that all the characters introduced after the first few chapters become the typical Feist caricatures that populate his previous works, and even some of the early players - Harry in particular - devolve into one dimensional stereotypes. The author's unfortunate use of the Hollywood pirate, as well as his bald borrowings from Mongolian and Saharan cultures again become evidence of his lack of descriptive imagination or a tendency towards indolence. Further, his plot devices have become repetitive: In the last six books assination attempts have played a role in three, Crydee has been devastated by seaborn raiders in two, dragons again save the day, all the boys and girls pair up, and the Pantathian threat remains essentially the same; only the Slayers have changed the color of their costume. And again Feist winds up his tale in mawkish sentimentality identical to "A Darkness at Sethanon." Feist does offer the reader moments of unexamined action and pleasurable escape. The problem is that these modest diversions appear more and more to be much of the same: Names and places change, the action shifts chronologically, but the overall story remains familiar. But like McDonalds, I suppose, Feist appeals to those who like the expected.
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Summary: Another fine example of Fiest's fertile imagination.
Review: Once again Mr. Fiest has managed to add another facet to his fantasy realm. With this sequal to the Riftwar Saga he takes us to another section of the land of the riftwar. He takes us to a different culture, and people unlike anything seen previously in either his earlier riftwar works, or any other fantasy author. Another fine read from Raymond E. Feist.
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Summary: Some of Feist's best work
Review: The beginning of the story moved too quickly, giving little character detail. This made the horrors of a raid on the village seem like a faceless story. Much like a news clipping of one we know nothing of, so the emotions are not as likely to be there. The characters became more colorful once they were on a mission, then the book became hard to put down. The depth of many of the characters was very interesting from this point, specially some of the lesser ones. I could have done without the pirate captain stereotype. Still there were some new and interesting characters, mainly the "rogue and trickster" types. They were interesting and had new angles to their personalities, not borrowing from past stories, or movies, etc.
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Summary: Just one thing to say...
Review: The best book I ever read!! Great Character! Great Plot! This was a delight to read!
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Summary: It's okay, not the best fantacy book i've read.
Review: The book isn't too badly written. It's just that it didn't strike me as being particully new. The characters overall seemed very stock stand and little about them to make jump out at me as being new and exciting. There are some really good parts to the book and it isn't a bad read. But it had alot of potential to be alot more than it is. A pity as E. Feist isn't a bad author at all.
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Summary: A Real Page-Turner
Review: The book was fantastic. There were elements of adventure, the maturation of a prince, and an entertaining romantic side plot. The character development is good as is the action. My only complaint is the cheesy way the romances wrap up near the end. Overall a fantastic Riftwar follow-up and a great read.
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Summary: Great for Midkemia Fans; Not for Just About Everyone Else...
Review: The King's Buccaneer is a great sequel to the awe-inspiring Riftwar Quartet. It does a great job of bringing back our favorite characters and further developing the magical world of Midkemia, but is not a fantasy masterpiece like it's predecessor Magician. As a stand alone book, it leaves much to be desired. But as another installment in the Midkemia Saga, it's just fine.
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Summary: Prelude to the Serpentwar Saga
Review: The King's Buccaneer is one of the most entertaining novels I have ever read. The story is centered around Nicholas, the youngest son of Arutha and Anita. Because of his deformed foot, and his parent's overprotection, Nicholas grew up to be overcautious. However, now Arutha feels a need to have his son seasoned. He sends Nicholas to Crydee, where Duke Martin will help prepare him for future responsibilities. Nicholas definitely gets his fair share of seasoning. Shortly after arriving in Crydee all hell breaks loose. Crydee is attacked and many people are taken captive. Nicholas must overcome his inhibitions and set out to recover the captives. This is an excellent addition to Mr. Feist's Midkemia series. I highly recommend any fantasy enthusiast to read this book filled with adventure and mystery.
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Summary: Prelude to the Serpentwar Saga
Review: The King's Buccaneer is one of the most entertaining novels I have ever read. The story is centered around Nicholas, the youngest son of Arutha and Anita. Because of his deformed foot, and his parent's overprotection, Nicholas grew up to be overcautious. However, now Arutha feels a need to have his son seasoned. He sends Nicholas to Crydee, where Duke Martin will help prepare him for future responsibilities. Nicholas definitely gets his fair share of seasoning. Shortly after arriving in Crydee all hell breaks loose. Crydee is attacked and many people are taken captive. Nicholas must overcome his inhibitions and set out to recover the captives. This is an excellent addition to Mr. Feist's Midkemia series. I highly recommend any fantasy enthusiast to read this book filled with adventure and mystery.
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Summary: The King's Buccaneer
Review: The King's Buccaneer was simply a great book. It was the best one that I have read that was wrote by Raymond Feist, and that is saying alot. All I wanted to do was to finish the book, everytime I got a free minute I was reading this book. If you are looking for a good series of books to read I would definently recommend the Rift War saga. It was a great series and I loved all of the books that I have read so far.
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