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Summary: Great supporting cast
Review: I really enjoyed this book. I thought the magic system andit's ethical questions were interesting. I somewhat agree with the reviewer that felt the women were stereotypical, but Myrrima turned out to be one of my favorite characters in a long time. My only problem with the book was Gaborn, who I just could not bring myself to care about. It seems as though much more effort was put into the creation of the supporting cast, whom I found fascinating and unconventional, with several twists on standard characterizations.
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Summary: Great supporting cast
Review: Ireally enjoyed this book. I thought the magic system and it's ethical questions were interesting. I somewhat agree with the reviewer that felt the women were stereotypical, but Myrrima turned out to be one of my favorite characters in a long time. My only problem with the book was Gaborn, who I just could not bring myself to care about. It seems as though much more effort was put into the creation of the supporting cast, whom I found fascinating and unconventional, with several twists on standard characterizations.
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Summary: Well crafted fantasy series
Review: The idea behind this fantasy series is creative and inventive. The idea of using Runes and reavers is not something thought up by one particular author so it's not an idea to be stolen but used to enhance and add to the story. Runes, as far as I know, have been something from medieval times, so how is that an idea stolen from another author? I suggest that people who write reviews accusing authors of plagerism should invest sometime into a subject before they critize it. That aside, enjoy this new fantasy series, as I do, it's nice to see something new added to the many other fantasies that exist in the genre.
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Summary: Come on! This series REEKS!
Review: With so many other fine and semi-fine epic fantasy series out there, this is a pale also-ran, a cheap imitation of Eddings, Donaldson, Jordan and even Goodkind with a sick mentality behind it. The writing is trite and one dimensional, the characters [especially the women] are dull and stereotypical. The dialog is wooden, and a lot of things are stolen directly from other fantasy worlds [like the reavers]. Save your money on this one.
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Summary: Pulled in even deeper!
Review: In looking for a good book, I found a great adventure! The Sum of All Men pulled me in, in ways that I had not been able to find since Anne Rice and her first vampires. Botherhood of the Wolf, met all of my expectations and made me realize ones I hadn't thought of. This series sets you up to open to something that is not quite understood but welcome just the same. Was only disappointed in the failure of the Earth King to realize the importence of following his guides, but then would we have more to look forward to if he had. As in all books, series especially, there will disappointments, slow moments, confusion or suprises, but those cab only serve to make it more real and enjoyable.
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Summary: I really loved this book.
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First off, I absolutely loved this book. It has all the basic necessary elements of fantasy: magic, heroes, evil wizards, and terrible monsters, and each one of these elements is presented in a new and unique way. The magic is limited in an ingenious way, the heroes are faced with horrible and blatantly unfair obstacles, the evil is practically unbeatable, and never does the story truly lose its believability.
Secondly, the plot is very good, and many times is completely unpredictable, and even the least unique aspects of the plot, the environment, and the characters are presented in a method which makes them not only enjoyable, but thought provoking.
Finally, despite the incredibly entertaining storyline and great writing style, the novel communicates a commentary on basic human emotion, life, and death. In the novel there is many degrees of good and evil, there are characters of greatly varying degrees of morality, from characters who believe they are moral but are evil, to characters who are neither good nor evil, to characters who are morally neutral but also definitely evil.
So, whether you read books for enjoyment and entertainment, or to discover new ways of looking at life, or a little of both, like me, Brotherhood of the Wolf is an excellent choice. I bought this book, started reading it, and didn't stop until I finished it at 2:00 in the mourning on Sunday night.
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Summary: Didn't enjoy it, couldn't finish it
Review: I tried, but didn't make it past page 100. Same old stuff, a generic fantasy novel full of all the usual cookie-cutter castles, villains & heroes. If you liked the first one you get the same thing with the second.
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Summary: Disappointed of the reviews
Review: First of all after reading all the reviews on this site i was a little sad at the lack of respect for the real issue behind the book. You read a book for enjoyment not to criticize it. I read this book and i think that it was put together in a unique fashion. It gives a good twist on the plot when Gaborn's and all the other dedicates die in the Blue Tower. This is a must read for those of us who love fantasy series.
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Summary: A fine second entry in the Runelords sequence
Review: Unlike some of the other reviewers, I did not find that Farland dwells too much in his second Runelords novel on his fascinating idea of endowments given from vassals to lords. If anything, the focus has begun to shift towards the other form of magic in Farland's world: the elemental. If the notion of endowments continues to pervade Farland's writing, it is only because it is so central to the lives of the main characters. That said, Brotherhood of the Wolf is not quite as strong a novel as the Runelords, though it is still entertaining. Some of the novelty has worn off, and the increasing role of elemental magic means that the story treads closer to more well-trodden ground. Even so, Farland certainly hasn't spent all his creative energies yet, as this novel succeeds in capturing the imagination. In fact, my strongest criticism wouldn't concern the fantasy aspect of the story so much as the human. Though Farland adds some new and interesting characters to the mix, all of his characters come off a little flat. One occasionally suspects that they are merely vehicles for the author's fantastical ideas. But they are intriguing ideas. I appreciate most the moral uncertainty surrounding both the practice of taking endowments from one's subjects and of Gaborn's task as the Earth King. I hope Farland continues to address both issues in the future, and I look forward to reading what he has to offer.
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Summary: Creepy stuff
Review: I had no idea when I first was given this book that David Farland was a false name for Dave Wolverton, who wrote and co-wrote so much of L. Ron Hubbard's strange stuff. I read the sum of all men and it creeped me out, but I assumed that was intentional and let it go. But once I got into this one, I began to see a frightening pattern. The writing in this book is very repetitive and amateurish. The concepts do not make make sense, unless you put them in the context of Wolverton's real world. This is an unimpressive and poorly written series, but it certainly does contribute some dangerous ideas and attitudes.
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