Original Shannara Trilogy: Book 3
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“It is a good book for those with a military or fantasy mind.”
Kley G wrote this review Sunday, November 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Its a great book like the other 2!”
Amelia P wrote this review Monday, October 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“it is probably my least favorite but it is still good”
Natalia wrote this review Thursday, October 22 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Was so good! Keeps you on the edge of your seat. ”
JoAnn M wrote this review Friday, October 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“By far the worst thing Terry Brooks has written”
David K (Boy of Destiny) wrote this review Saturday, October 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“An anceint evil lies within the four lands once more. An evil book with dark secrets called the Ildatch created a new evil. It before created the Warlock lord now it has created the Mord Wraiths. This time Allanon goes to Brin Ohmsford. Daughter of Wil Ohmsford has the power of the wishsong. So does her brother Jair but while his is illusion hers is real. Brin goes with Allanon and Jair stays home. But when a Mord Wraith comes into his home, he is forced to flee. Read to find out what befalls to Allanon, Jair, and Brin.”
Tristanna K wrote this review Thursday, October 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Lots of explanations. Lots of world-building. Not my favorite, but a decent read.”
WriterDan wrote this review Tuesday, July 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“CRAP.”
am91962 wrote this review Tuesday, June 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Fun and entertaining. Along the lines of Lord of the Rings "befoe" the popularity of style. Great weekend read.”
Laura H wrote this review Saturday, June 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Though this book started with an original idea for the magic, which is the wishsong, so many other aspects of the story were reruns of the first two books. I found myself constantly growing bored, there was not enough suspense to get me going. With that said, i'm sure I would have felt differently if I had read this book 4 years ago. There were plenty of lovely twists for the reader whose unacquainted with Shannara. Since I've read Heritage of Shannara I wasn't in complete suspense. But there were other reasons for my lagging interest.
Imany wrote this review Thursday, June 4 2009. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The characters were stock. No real development of character in either Brin or Jair. I found myself growing increasingly impatient with Brin's attitude. It seemed that Brooks found Jair's character to be more interesting yet still he did not develop him enough. Jair's companions are practically 2D as we don't get any character development/exposition on them either. Not enough dialogue, too much rumination/doubt/indecision for Jair and Brin, but especially for Brin. I found Brooks used far too many words in between events which really slows down the pace of the book. He continues to heavily use the passive tense as he did in the previous books. The sentences are too long again slowing the pace of the novel.
I really enjoyed the scenes at the Hadeshorn, the Grimpond, and all of the Maelmord. The Maelmord scene is Brooks at his best. He does a great job with such awesome confrontations, but I found myself waiting too long for it.
The character of Slanter and Cogline were much needed comic relief to the dreary ruminations of Brin and the often stumbling Jair. Slanter was really the one with the most character with Cogline a close second, perhaps even a tie with Slanter.
I'm glad I finished the book. I was tired of wading through all those words.
I hope if/when i read Heritage again, I enjoy it as much as I did the first time round. ”
