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Summary: Not as captivating as other Wurts novels, still a good read.
Review: By far the best of Janny Wurts' works is this series, however I must admit that at times I found this chapter in the series a trifle boring. I suppose I am expecting the same very high standard that marks her previous novels. She is by far my favourite author, and this novel simply falls short of her standard - however, it is still a very good book and worth the read - just don't expect too much, like I did ;) This novel focuses on the growing power of Lysear's Alliance, Koriathian plots and intrigues, and Arithon's efforts to escape their traps and manipulations. The novel does provide a lot of valuable information that will no doubt become instrumental in the following novels. I have one big complaint though - There was certainly not enough about Elaira. Am I wrong to assume he is the lead female character? When, (Oh when!) are we going to learn more about her, and her experiences. And when will she meet Arithon again? One thing I must praise Mrs. Wurts about - her excellent and unsurpassable talent for creating deep, vivid and beautifully captivating characters. People that are very hard to forget. I simply cannot wait for the next instalment!
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Summary: Epic in scale, intricacy and appeal.
Review: Fantastic. Janny Wurts devises innovative plots and weaves them with outstanding characters and brilliant worlds. With this series, she unleashes all these skills and creates once of the most intense experiences that I have ever encountered in a fantasy novel. While Wurts' prose may be uneven, the great story that she is creating works beyond the boundaries of the written page and is little diminished by its presentation. Her characters incite your concern and their conflicts keep it. This book is a worthy sequel.
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Summary: Another pretentious and overwritten book in this long
Review: Gad! Another pretentious and overwritten book in this long series. I enjoyed the first few books in the series despite the writer's tendency to kill off the most courageous and interesting female characters. Her hero(?) Arithon is often sulky and unsympathetic so who's the reader to identify with? Clearly we'd be vilified if we identified with Lysaer, being all beauty and light. Also, why stoop to stereotype and make the fat man a stupid drunk? This character even appears to be her attempt at humorous writing. Aren't we enlightened enough yet to not find humor in someone elses problems. Certainly, this type of character was a staple long ago but why not take the high road and use more imagination. Granted in the later books he has reformed somewhat but is still a figure of fun. Sadly, I don't think I want to visit this author's world anymore. I find her writing style to be overwritten and her sentences unnecessarily complex. I'm often annoyingly jerked out of the story to go back and reread a sentence to see what the author meant. Other classics, modern or otherwise, don't need to be filled with long confusing sentences to call themselves literature. The author's more popular (read better selling) sisters in fantasy don't write this way, or maybe they just do it better. And maybe if she wrote a more accessible story she'd sell more books as well.
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Summary: oh well let's be philosophical about it
Review: Hi! Just would like to admit that I am a Janny Wurts fan, all the way from Sorceror's Legacy. Didn't really enjoy this book though. I must admit that certain criticisms levelled at the book are true it can be convulated in language and ponderous in tone, but that's the whole point of reading Janny Wurts. She has a distinctive flair for writing fantasy. It's different from the other usual fantasy greats. ( Okay, the language can be too complicated and heavy at times but it is worth it.) I must admit I didn't finish the book the first time round. I only picked it up again when Grand Conspiracy came up and I had to plow through the whole thing to get going again. I really wished that she would follow the pacing of Warhost where ponderous language and whatnot did not deter the action and bore the reader. In Fugitive however, the pacing is really really bad and the reader gets put off with it. The plot thickens but there is little action to offset the dullness of the whole thing. It only picks up a little at the end. Still having read this in hindsight, it's worth plowing through this massive book just to get to the end. Don't be put off by it, especially if you love the plot because the next in the series is definitely better and so is the pacing! Anyway, back to the book, it gives all the little background details to the other characters and some airtime to Lysaer and other characters like Talith who have been neglected in favour of the more popular Arithon. Perhaps that is why it is so dull sometimes because one is rather used to the vivacity of Arithon than the other characters.
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Summary: 100 Stars
Review: I own about 1,500 SF & Fantasy books and I've read a fair few more than that. If I had to choose 5 books to keep of all those it would be this set of books with the 5th spot left for the next in the series. Well plotted, complicated but consistent characters, wide and convoluted political situations all mixed together with some swords and magic. Roll on June 1999 and the next book!
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Summary: Better than I've read in the longest time!
Review: I picked up this series wondering how I'd ever get through the Curse of the Mistwraith... and now I can't wait for the the latest installment, Grand Conspiracy. The characters are just so real I could kiss Arithon and hurt Lysear. To go through life with gifts that are twisted by the Mistwraith, faulty judgment and twisted justice, I'd never be able to live through it myself, but that's what make these books so good! Read them, the plot takes you to Athera and you'll want to stay there with Arithon and fight by his side and play cruel jokes on Dakar. It's better than anything I've read by Jordan, Goodkind, or even Tolkein.
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Summary: One of the most captivating series I've read
Review: I started reading Janny Wurts three years ago starting with the Cycle of Fire. I found her imagination and character development to be as exciting as Tolkien's. I have since moved on to read the Master of Whitestorm, and the first four books in this series and I am anxiously awaiting the next. Can't wait to see more from Janny in the near fture.
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Summary: Fantastic!!!
Review: I started reading this series thinking it would be as dull as the Cycle of Fire... boy was I wrong!!! This series (so far) is one of the best I've read in a long, long time... Better than the Wheel of Time!!!!
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Summary: not her best, but definitely a close second or third
Review: It's not my favorite in the series, but maybe that's because my hands kept falling asleep trying to hold onto the hardcover version of it. As far as the writing goes, it's great to have an author that can be detailed with dragging through the philosophy. Having read a great deal of Russian literature, I'm reminded of the nineteenth century style, without the extra stuff tolstoi is so fond of. And these books far excede Master fo Whitestorm, which I was just waiting for it to end because the perpetual motion was getting old. I hope to see more books that balance the fantasy with the realism as well as this series has.
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Summary: Janny Wurts' books just sweep you into her world.
Review: My only trouble with this book was I got too involed in the story and fell in love with the people in it.
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