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Summary: A Book You Won't Be Able to Put Down
Review: I found myself one day browsing for books in the bookstore. Having seen this book several times I finally picked it up and read the Prologue and found it very intriguing. I then purchased it with several other books. I decided to read it first and found it hard to put it down.
The book centers around two characters: Faraday and Axis the Battle Axe of the Seneschal. Both are intertwined into an ancient prophecy, that reveals itself before the reader's eyes. It has plenty of plot twists. I find this book to be one of the best ones I have read in a while and instead of reading the rest of the books I bought I'm on Amazon.com buying the other 2 in the Axis Trilogy.
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Summary: Dont' waste time or money with this unrelentingly dull...
Review: Don't waste your time or money like I did on this unrelentingly dull and disappointing novel! This story was a poorly plotted novel with leaden dialogue and cardboard character development. This story wasn't remotely plausible, and the ending was predictable. Do yourself a favor and skip this one-thank me later!
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Summary: Engaging Fantasy World
Review: The Wayfare Redemption is an excellent start to the Axis Trilogy by Sara Douglass. I have been a fantasy reader for years and she does a wonderful job of creating a mystic world of fantasy, romance, adventure, and intrigue. Definitely a recommended read for any fantasy reader looking to escape into the world of your imagination!
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Summary: The Wayfarer Redemption by Sara Douglass
Review: I bought this book at a used book store in Kansas City with some trepidation. I was not sure I would like it. Today, I'm so glad that I have read it. The book is full of new and interesting revelations of a fantastic world. It includes multiple races, and myriad surprises! This is the first book I couldn't put down for the last 10 or 15 years! Take a chance and try it. If you enjoy it half as much as I did, you won't waste your time or money!
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Summary: Wonderful Series From Start to End
Review: This series really has 6 books. I read them all before they were available in the US. Sara Douglass is from Australia, and this is a 6 book series there, broken down to 2 trilogies here. The first three books I loved more than the last three, but all 6 books were incredible. Sara Douglass brings us a world that is refreshingly different than most fantasy books, mostly because it is original. She has a great imagination, and puts on paper easily, so that the world we read about in her books flows out from her pages to surround us. The characters have flaws, and you learn to love them regardless. At one moment, you are wanting one thing to happen, and the next you want the opposite to happen. The book is a fresh edition tot he Fantasy Genre! I recommend this book to those who love sci-fi / fantasy and love a series that span a generation!
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Summary: Interesting REading
Review: my teacher surprisingly lend me this book to read one day, knowing that i like fantasy books. I was a little skeptical about reading this book..but the cover of this book was interesting and the reviews were mostly good so i decided to read it. The prologue didn't reallie hook me as Wheel of Time and others did, but, it was interesting enough. Decided to read on. The more I read, the more interesting it got, to the point where i missed not reading the book when i have a chance. the characters that are important enough are expressed. I haven't read lots of fantasy books where all the important major/minor characters are explored enough to tell you how they feel, what they want, what they're thinking, etc...
this book is a good book to read if you've never or haven't read fantasy books much. If you've read others, you will see it's not so creative, since there are things very similiar..
It's interesting, relaxing thing to do, and keep your mind off troubling things that's bothering you..
go read it!
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Summary: Gleefullly Unoriginal
Review: 1000-odd years ago in the "Wars of the Axe," the human population of Tercendor rose up against the non-human populations, naming them "The Forbidden" and attributing all sorts of nastiness to them. The humans, following the deity Artor and its "Way of the Plough," proceeded to clear cut once vast forests where the non-human populations lived and slaughter the non-humans wherever they were found. Now, a great evil has arisen that, according to prophecy, can only be defeated by the three races working together and led by one StarMan. Unfortunately for everyone concerned, the StarMan seems to be the Warleader of the dominant religion, which preaches persecution and extermination of the "Forbidden."This book is not totally awful, and if you're under 15 or you've never read a fantasy novel before it might actually excite you. But if you're a dedicated reader of fantasy with some knowledge of what's out there and how elegant and moving the genre can be, I'd give TWR a miss, unless you're looking for something to keep you occupied on the train or during an illness. TWR is chock-full of fantasy cliches, from the Ancient Prophecy to the Ultimate Evil Arising in the (Insert Compass Point Here); from the Bastard Enchanter of Mixed Blood to the Strangely Eccentric Keepers of the Prophecy. It reminded me of being in junior high and reading _Lord of the Rings_ and thinking, "I want to write something just like that!!!"; it was so gleefully unoriginal. As far as characters go -- well, if you take one or two from every epic fantasy ever written, you'll have a pretty good idea of who you'll be finding here. Sometimes that's not so bad, as you can welcome stock characters as old friends. Not here. It's more like really bad blurry pictures of old friends. In addition to being stock, the characters are exceedingly one-dimensional except in those rare moments when the writer inserts some kind of emotional distress, which she generally does in the most bombastic tone possible. Another thing that really bothered me about the characters was that every internal conflict was resolved too quickly, like: "Gee my entire way of life is wrong and bigoted? Okay, now that I know that I'll stop and be good!" Because there was essentially no character development, the book hinges on action to move it along. Half of the action consists of characters running hither and yon all over the face of the country; the other half consists of the obligatory battle scenes. Neither was very well done or engaging. Some of the ideas could have been interesting if handled by another writer; lack of originality is not necesarily bad in itself if the work is of mythic dimensions. Unfortunately, Ms. Douglass hasn't the skill to pull off a story of archetypal proportions. Her writing is, frankly, juvenile, both in style and technique. This is a writer who has no idea of the use of a semi-colon, who jumps POV far too often and to little effect and whose sentence craft consists of long strings of "It was" statements. There were several places I burst out laughing at her constructions, notably at the point where the mysterious and reclusive magical race was described as having a love of "seduction, magic and interior decorating." Still, there's something kind of endearing about _The Wayfarer Redemption_, something akin to watching a puppy stumble around and trip over its ears. There's potential there. It's just a question of whether the writer will ever fulfill it, or whether the reader has the patience to stick around until she does.
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Summary: Neverending adventure!
Review: I must say this is one of my favorite books. It's not like many other books where the plot is really good then really boring, something is always happening in this book. It always keeps you thinking about what's going to happen next. New storylines are constantly being revealed but these storylines intertwine in such a creative way. A must read if you like adventure and love.
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Summary: Fun read
Review: Pro - engaging storyline regardless of the "cliches" used Con - Reminded me of the Dragonlance novels and the swing of emotions the characters experience along with the amount of characters yelling those emotions to the world...where's the self-control of the characters or the subtly of the writing to get the same feelings across? Pro - original and believable magic system Pro - I personally prefer when magic is limited to a select few...I feel this is the case at least with the "humans", so I'm liking it Con - Hard to create new relationship twists when writing a book and Sara Douglass relies on cliche when approaching her characters. I started to feel like this was a daytime soap put into a fantasy world (he is the child of him, but his half-brother is the cousin of her, etc) Pro - believable threat and believable motivations from the antagonist Pro - If the prologue doesn't get you hooked (nice unexpected twist) then don't bother reading this book. The prologue was a wonderful example on how to get a book started Pro - the protagonist is truely a likeable hero along with his band of loyalists who are also likeable Pro - Based on recommendations from a writing club, I picked this book up as a Romantic Fantasy for my wife (I'm trying to convert her to the path of Good and start to read a good fantasy). My wife is absolutely hooked! I don't feel it is any more romantic than other series I've read but she loves it and that is a good thing. :)
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Summary: Not as good as the next two...
Review: This novel is a rocky start for an otherwise well-written fantasy series. I found the characters to lack depth, the dialogue to be incredibly cheesey, and the plot to be overly cliched. It is, however, the basis for the next two books where Douglass truly shines. The characters become vastly more intruiging, the relationships between them are both surprising in their intricacies and in their dynamics. If you are looking for a good fantasy BOOK, look elsewhere; if it is a SERIES you're after, suffer through this book, and come to love Tencendor in the second and third installments.
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