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Summary: i have read a lot of magic books.....
Review: to sum this book up in 1 word...horrible. the whole thing was like reading lord of the flies. the location would constantly jump around, leaving no time to develop characters' personalities or their scenery. this whole next series, the odyssey cycle is supposed to be all on kamahl correct? vance moore focuses on laquatas&kirtar. you have to wait 100 pages in order to get back to the main character, even then nothing happens or its only 15 pages. Also, 100 years after the dominarian apocalypse, this is supposed to be a world of pit fighting right? in the whole book there is only 3 or 4 pit fights, they arent that intersting. i like having details, lots of details, moore (the author) didnt give the dementia creatures or anything else enough detail to form the picture in your mind of kamahl or whoever was fighting. im not lying when i say this, i was ready to throw the book against the wall, thats how bad it was. if this review has offended you in any way, im sorry, but this is my opinion, you'r entitled to yours, im entitled to mine. =D
go forth, wreak havoc
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Summary: Starts slow... confusing pace.
Review: Vance Moore starts the book very slow and the pace of the author is painful. The first few chapters will leave you wondering just what is going on and scrambling back severl pages to see what you missed. He jumps from character to character without warning, and often jumps forward and backwards in the timeline at will. The final, most irritating part of the book is that the author seems to think that he must use every 10 cent word that he knows and that he must exaggerate miniscule actions with severl large adjectives.Other than the few glaring faults in the first 5 chapters, the book is okay, with a decent story. The only reason I finished the book was because I wanted to learn the story of the cardset, as i thought it would be easier to understand the pace of the expansion. All in all, the book is not bad, just dont expect a top-notch story and authoring, as you would with Terry Brooks or Margaret Wiess. The fault here, more than likely, lies with the editor, though, and not the author. --DK
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Summary: Starts slow... confusing pace.
Review: Vance Moore starts the book very slow and the pace of the author is painful. The first few chapters will leave you wondering just what is going on and scrambling back severl pages to see what you missed. He jumps from character to character without warning, and often jumps forward and backwards in the timeline at will. The final, most irritating part of the book is that the author seems to think that he must use every 10 cent word that he knows and that he must exaggerate miniscule actions with severl large adjectives. Other than the few glaring faults in the first 5 chapters, the book is okay, with a decent story. The only reason I finished the book was because I wanted to learn the story of the cardset, as i thought it would be easier to understand the pace of the expansion. All in all, the book is not bad, just dont expect a top-notch story and authoring, as you would with Terry Brooks or Margaret Wiess. The fault here, more than likely, lies with the editor, though, and not the author. --DK
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