Rating: Summary: Beyond Ragnarok Review: Just to make this clear, Mickey Zucher Reichert is a she :) Beyond Ragnarok is very good in that it fills you with magic beyond comprehension (yet fun to read about) and elvish descriptions. This book is not as good as the Renshai Trilogy but if you read these you better read the follow-up because they are still a page turner. Not as much hack and slash but it fills this gap with magic foreign monsters and a daring Renshai named: Kevral. (almost resembles Harval) =) Great book read it even if you never have read the originals.
Rating: Summary: incredible. Review: Mickey has actually been able to comprehend the nature of our gods-well mostly anyway.The epic is higly entertaining more so because she manage to blend the danish,german and norweigen languages into concepts used by the elves without destroying the rest of the story.I would have appreciated a deeper understanding of the characters personalities but it`s a good book anyway.If prince of demons is the end of the renshai chronicles it`s a pretty strange ending of a epic.
Rating: Summary: Sometimes slow, but overall great Review: Overall this was a great book. It is full of deception and heroism. Some of the characters seem to act irrational sometimes, but this is how it would work in real life. The plot is defined and developed, and the characters have strong values which they usually stick. I also enjoyed it because I wasn't sure what was going to happen next. This book is definately a good read, but I would not put it in my top five. (This book was great, don't get me wrong, but after this book definately read the Iron Tower Trilogy {The Dark Tide, Shadows of Doom, and The Darkest Day} by Dennis L. McKiernan. Especially if you liked LOR.)
Rating: Summary: Peters out Review: Starting strong, *Beyond Ragnarok* holds great promise at the beginning, the seeds of an epic tale sown in the excitement and terror in the prologue. However, the work continues on to become a sloppy mess, brightened only by the powerful images of the characters and the cool concept of Law vs. Chaos. The pace is definitely too slow, and the language has a flowery, showy feel, as if Reichert is trying to impress her readers. Well, it doesn't work, because the formality of the words adds to the tedium of the plot, which splits off in a dozen directions and meanders away to pointless storytelling.
Rating: Summary: not mickeys usuall quality Review: the begining of the book is very confusing and it dosent seem to "connect"with the last trilogy but over all it is a good book and i'm glad i read it. i hope micky keeps cranking em out!!!!
Rating: Summary: Simply the best book i have read in a while Review: The book was excellent and I give it 6 stars. The characters had feeling and depth. I could not put it down!!! A must read. I cannot wait to buy the next book!
Rating: Summary: Wonderful Review: This book was almost the destruction of my 2nd quarter grades, since with it and the sequal I didn't really accomplish _any_ schoolwork for at least a week. I haven't been so engrossed since "Wizard's First Rule," and in my opinion these characters are more real, dear, and ultimately heroic than Goodkind's. Though I feel Matrinka's backbone was made of wet noodle, the other strong characterizations in the book more than made up for it (especially Kevral and Tae). I have no doubt that I shall read this book again, and I anxiously await the paperback of number three.
Rating: Summary: !!!!!! Review: This book was great! But i was a little disapointed when Mitrian of Mar Lon (or the "old" characters) weren't in this book. But i realize it's necessary. It bothers me that they didn't tell about what happened to them in this book. I like the new charecters though. And the elves are funny! But another thing that REALLY annoyed me was that Reichert repeats herself over and over again. Like how every time Baltriane passes the paintings on the walls she always mentions that he takes no notice of the beautiful paintings or that it ceases to amaze him.
Rating: Summary: This was the wrong one to start with. Review: This is the first book I've read by MZR and I'm proud to say that I'm a convert! I picked this up at a used bookstore because I was desperate to increase my library of REALLY GOOD fantasy novels. All the characters were very interesting and the pace of the story is just right. I'm pleased to say that I'm now HOOKED! I'll be looking forward to more of Mickey's Renshai series!
Rating: Summary: Wonderful! A great surprise. Review: This is the first book I've read by MZR and I'm proud to say that I'm a convert! I picked this up at a used bookstore because I was desperate to increase my library of REALLY GOOD fantasy novels. All the characters were very interesting and the pace of the story is just right. I'm pleased to say that I'm now HOOKED! I'll be looking forward to more of Mickey's Renshai series!
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