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Summary: Good, but Brooks cranks out the same pulp fiction.
Review: Of the three books in the series, this is the most satisfying. It is well written, and shows the maturity of the author. The problem is that the story is too predictable, and you can see the ending coming like a parade down main street. By the time you have finished 400 pages and the end of a three volume series, you ask yourself, "Was that it?" In other words, this trilogy lacks the freshness and originality of the Sword of Shannara series. I'm a fan and will continue to buy Terry Brooks books, but I am waiting for another book that just makes me say "Wow!" This ain't it.
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Summary: Brings 'Voyage' to a close
Review: I've been a Shannara fan for around 15 years and wait impatiently for each new one to come out. The 'Voyage' trilogy hasn't been up to my expectations and 'Morgawr' is probably the weakest of the three. It just seemed to me that the story ran out of steam. Without giving any spoilers, the fate of Walker and the ramifications for the Druids was disappointing. The Morgawr character lacked depth -- there wasn't enough depth for me to truly get into disliking him. Then there's the whole Antrax thing ... and the airship thing ... perhaps I don't like so much sci fi mixed in with my fantasy stories. The hybrid seemed awkwardly off balance. However, the book has good parts. Bek's character develops nicely, and he gains a partner for the next book. Truk has a heart, after all. The last scene for the Ilse Witch contains much expectation for the next book, though this development ends suddenly. Even if parts of the island storylines dragged, by the end I was left thinking Grianne's scene ended too suddenly. I expect it would make for a great possible opening. I am still a Shannara fan. I will rather impatiently wait for the next book to (hopefully) return to the four lands.
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Summary: Eagerly Looking For More
Review: An alltogether satisfying conclusion to the current Shannara trilogy. Superior writing by a superior author; what more can I say.
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Summary: It wraps up the trilogy but without much substance.
Review: What can I say... after reading the first 2 of this trilogy, I was anticipating the continuation for many many months. This book does wrap up the trilogy but the result seems flat and hollow compared to the previous two. Some mysteries go unexplained, some storylines just fade into othing and we once again are forced to deal with a story that gets developed nicely over a long period and then wrapped up too quickly in a few pages. A voyage that took months, and a good part of the first book, to accomplish, is completed in very short order on the return leg in this book. I guess the world was perfect over those 6 months or so.. One wonders a great deal about what continuations there are to the lives of those who are left... but the characters seem to be abandoned in the end. Maybe its a prelude to another book, but if the majority of the Brooks books have taught me anything, its not likely we will find out anything more about most of the characters. I quess they just all came home and lived their lives - altough its precisely THERE that this book could have made some interesting reading and story development (since the voyage back over 6 months on a skeleton crew was infinitely simpler and without incidence as compared to the voyage out with a fully manned and provisioned ship). If you've read the other 2 books, read this to complete to story - but you will likely feel the same way ... thinking, "Is that it?"
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Summary: Rivals the original triology!
Review: The struggle between science and magic, good and evil comes to a fresh conclusion in the final book in The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara trilogy. Of course, we know that good will triumph. To be critcal on that point is to miss the thrust of the trology entirely. The beauty of fantasy is partly in the journey each character takes toward revelation and maturation. There are the twin themes of redemptioon and forgiveness, and those themes are embraced by loyalty and love. Without giving anything away, it is obvious this not the end of the Shannara books. Mr. Brooks has provided a glimpse into the world beyond this trilogy - a world yet to be explored. I can hardly wait.
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Summary: Unmoving, and rather disappointing
Review: This is the third book in the series, and I was really hoping for more out of it.
I don't want to mortally offened the diehard Shannara fans, but the the best way I can describe this book, I suppose, is .... bland. It was just there. No gripping moments, no memorable charaters or scenes, nothing to pull you in.
This is coming, I should note, from a devoted Shannara fan. I've read all the Shannara book, most more than once. So I was ready to love this book the second I heard about it. Not that I had high expectations, just hopes, I guess.
But, it was very disappointing. There was no depth, no surprises. It was extremely predictable, and almost dull.
I'm not recommending against this book if you've read the first 2, but if this was to be your introduction into Shannara I think you should start with another. I would start at the beginning with the Sword and work from there.
So, all in all, this was just not up to the standards of the rest of the Shannara books.
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Summary: Perfect
Review: I see a lot of complaints in the reviews about character developement...didn't anyone read the first two? How much freaking character developement do you want? I thought it was a fun read and though the conclusion wasn't what I expected, I suppose that is a good thing. I know Terry Brooks is writing a new Shannara trilogy that takes place 20 years after Morgawr. It was meant to spin-off the voyage series so hopefully everything will be resolved by then.
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Summary: A light read, some what predictable but fun
Review: I found Morgawr to be the lightest in the Tilogy and the quickest read. It was what you expected from Brooks- all the story threads coming together, overlapping and being tied up at the end...oh but wait another hint of books to come...
Not as great as his earlier series, but we continue to read them because his style is good and the hopes he revisits some of the excitement of books he had written years ago.
I gave it 4 stars because the book was what I expected. I'm never let down by Brooks, he always comes through on the entertaining factor. And when I want to exscape with a book, he is one of the authors I go to.
Enjoyable.
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Summary: Sadly Disappointing
Review: The first two books in the series were quite good, introducing some interesting characters and several new plot directions that had me hooked. Particularly intriguing was the concept of bringing "new world" magic up against "old world" technology. Brooks has played a little bit with this idea in earlier books, but he seemed willing to tackle the theme head-on here, and had me greatly interested in how it was all going to play out. I looked forward so much to this concluding volume of the series. I was so excited to find it, and took it right home and began to read. After the first quarter of the book I was beginning to get a bad feeling. After the second quarter of the book, that feeling morphed into sadness. By the three-quarters point I just wanted it to be over. What a disappointment! At first I thought I would describe in detail various flaws in logic, continuity, pacing, etc. But why bother? Very briefly, if you read this book you will encounter: - Incredible coincidences to make the plot work, that will have you groaning;
- Battles where supposedly super-tough foes are dispatched almost as an afterthought, with a flick of a throwing blade or a quick parry/repost;
- "Surprises" that are so obvious you will not believe that none of the characters can see them coming for 200 pages ahead;
- A plot that basically renders most of the first two books moot;
- Seemingly interminable pages of prolixity to wade through while you wait for something to happen;
- "Love story" subplots that will have you cringing in your chair ... I could go on, but you get the idea.
This book was phoned in. I hate to sound bitter, but after the promise of the first volumes (not to mention some of the other nice work that Mr. Brooks has done) the sorry execution (pun intended) of the story was extra disappointing. Advice: if you read the first two books and want to find out how it all comes out, borrow this at the library and find a few hours to kill, and skim it. Read it fast, so the pain will be brief.
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Summary: As pointless as the other 2
Review: I agree with the reviewer who wrote "much prose about nothing". Very disappointing. Have read every Terry Brooks book up until now but this will be the last. Wasted money on these 3. Where is the real Brooks? The one who wrote the earlier Shannara? It's almost as if these books were written for young teenagers or children. So many words but very little going on. If you want a good fantasy series get into the George R. R. Martin one.
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