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Summary: the Seattle resident strikes again!
Review: This book was wonderful. It expands on a story that was already a complete masterpiece. Our friend Nest has gone off to college and must return home to take care of some family business. Her powers have improved with age and a demon is stalking her unbeknownst. John Ross has gone through some turmoil which is expected with a character of his depth. Questioning his convictions, John resigns his post as a knight of the Word. At least until Nest argues him from that path. Some good excitement and unexpected revelations make this book a must read. As I said before, even for the non-fantasy fan. Read this book!
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Summary: The Butler did it!
Review: Halfway through the first chapter I had the ending figured out! The only reason I kept reading is that I was hoping the author had truly fooled me. And he did... he fooled me into reading the whole damn thing and wasting all that time. Over 20 years in the business and Brooks still hasn't learned to write. I tried to read his first book, "The Sword of Shanara", when it first came out, but I kept falling asleep and never got the ending. His pacing is plonding, his characters are flat, his descriptions are verbose and his plots are trite. Who is it that keeps buying all his books so that he makes it to the best seller list? So many people raved about "Running with the Demon" that I decided to give it a try. It was OK! It needed work, but it was good enough to get me to read "A Knight of the Word." Well, that's that last Brooks book for me, you know the old saying, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice..." Instead I'll re-read a Charles De Lint book.
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Summary: What's wrong with Terry Brooks
Review: Nest is one of the more interesting characters Brooks has created, yet she does essentially nothing in this entire book. She seems to have this incredible power but we are barely made aware of it. What's the point in creating a great character if you don't use her? How about a bit more character development? This book reads like an outline, very sketchy with little filling in it. I was a huge Terry Brooks fan but in the last 3 years he has left me cold.
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Summary: Reality crashes into fantasy; thirty die in collision
Review: Mixing fantasy with reality is a decent concept; 'A Knight of the Word', however, is a casebook example of how not to pull it off. Though the first book in the series, 'Running with the Demon', was at least readable, this book is horrid. All throughout the book, the hero continuously demonstrates his incredible power of whining. Having lost a single battle, he suddenly considers himself unfit to fight. Of course, there's no free will when dealing with the Word and the Void, so we know that by the end, John Ross will be either staff-swinging or dead no matter what he wants to do. Then there's the 'look at the bad stuff in the newspaper' scene. This came off very cheesy and cliched in the first book; when Brooks repeats it using Ebonics in this book, it's not much better. Throw in a series of lame, easily-predictable plot twists, and you've got the makings of a genuinely bad book.
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Summary: More of the same.
Review: Don't get me wrong, I like Terry Brooks; or rather I liked him. While this book did keep me turning pages, it was more out of habit than anything else. I had read _Running with the Demon_, and mildly enjoyed it, so I bought this expecting more of the same. Well, I guess I got it. The story was eminently predictable: I ferreted out nearly all of the plot twists from the beginning. If you're a diehard Brooks fan, you might as well read the book, but otherwise I wouldn't reccomend it.
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Summary: Knight Of The Word,It made me wonder.
Review: I read this book and am just absolutly enthralled with the vivid scenes and the continuity of the story line that Terry Brooks has created. The setting is very close to home as I live in the Seattle area and have been to the scenes depicted in the book and have since had a very different view of them. Ah well on with the review, John Ross is an reluctant hero/Knight of the Word, his powers and strength granted to him by beings out of legend, the power has crippled his body and soul yet he must answer the cryptic visions with action and be transformed by the magic to battle the demons that are taking over Seattle WA. After a long period of self imposed exile from his service to the Word John Ross finds himself haunted and hunted by the very demons he had pledged his body and soul to destroy, when the demons start to destroy all those things that John had come to believe as his true release from his duties as a Knight of the Word He falls further into the despair that made him renounce the power and magic and the demons know that he isn't free of the power and they are attempting to drive John to such despair that he will join the side of the Void, for A Knight Of The Word would be a great prize and would add the power of the Word to the side of darkness and unspeakable horror for human kind. John Ross needs help and it comes to him in the form of a friend, a young woman named Nest Freemark. Nest also has power to wield given to her as a birthright from her father a demon of the Void and her grandmother a servant of the Word. All in all this book is a good read one of the best I've read in over 20 years and one of the Top 10 favorites I've read from Terry Brooks in the past 10 years. I can't wait until the next in this series.
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Summary: Sequel identical to the 1st book...?
Review: I picked up KNIGHT because I found the first book of the series, RUNNING, somewhat interesting if not original (good vs. evil being a popular theme in fantasy books and all). Unfortunately it seems that Brooks is following the age old adage: if it works, don't fix it. This book is plagued with the same problems as the first: predictable plot and slight lack of suspense. Also, the written format is identical to the first, with the prologue/what-might-be epilogue at the beginning and the chapter/day division. Lastly, there's a huge tangent revolving around the "plight of the homeless" which is totally unnecessary and has very little to do with the *real* plot, John's fall from grace. I do hope Brooks other works are an improvement upon this one.
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Summary: Rehash
Review: Just another story using the same themes as Running With the Demon, which wasn't that great in the first place. May be OK for youth readers, but not for a serious reader.
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Summary: Mild, but yet stunning!
Review: Eventhough it starts out really slow. It soon jumps into a major climatic story about denying what you are called to do. John Ross and Ness Freemark are the ultimate in new age fantasy charecters. I would recommend it to anyone who would dare to try and contain its power.
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Summary: Possibly his best yet!
Review: This book could be one of Terry Brook's best books. I loved his Shannara series, but this book changed my mind about his new series. I suggest that you read the book. It combines basic fantasy with the ways of today. Purely ingenious!
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