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Liked It2 of 2 members found this review helpful “After being somewhat disappointed with "Armageddon's Children," I decided to go back to where it all started for Brooks, and found the "Sword of Shannara" much more to my liking. Characters were well developed and the pacing was excellent. The battle sequences were descriptive and interesting...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “He got better later, but Brooks' first book is a pale ripoff of JRR Tolkien's far better Lord of the Rings books. I couldn't finish this thing. It was awful.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“This is the start of an epic journey that turns into so much more than you could ever imagine when starting this book. Each character must overcome their own daemons and this makes them all the more human as they try to live up to whatever destiny has planned for them ”
Ian wrote this review Sunday, April 14, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I loved this series when I was a teenager so thought I'd pick them up again. Still great book after all these years.”
Ginny Erbe wrote this review Sunday, March 31, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“the sword is cool terry i lov u thsi boook makes me horny”
Ben Cretors wrote this review Monday, March 25, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Such a good book! Starts off not that interesting and moves into very interesting. Had a hard time putting it down. Really enjoyed it. The end definitely keeps you interested in the series and makes you want to read the next book to find out what happens. ”
Monique wrote this review Friday, February 8, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Reading this along with my son.”
Kendall Carr wrote this review Thursday, January 24, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“At first I had problems due to some similarities with LotR. Tall, mysterious stranger that everyone's heard of visits a little town where men live that are known for their short stature... There were a few other bits as well of course. I enjoyed the story more as I actually got farther into it. But. There is SOMETHING about Brooks' writing that apparently just does not flow in my reading mind. For some reason, this was just hard to read for me. I'll be reading the other two in the trilogy, but after that I think I won't be reading any more of his work.”
Cathy wrote this review Friday, December 21, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I read this before I read The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. I really liked this book but didn't realize until later it owes a lot to LOTR.”
JLMCCORD1 wrote this review Sunday, October 14, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“couldn't finish. started reading like LotR. and after a quick wikipedia search to fact check a different hunch, I learned that it is very VERY like LotR.”
ksspif wrote this review Monday, August 20, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is such a obvious rip-off of the Lord of the Rings it is not even amusing.”
Chuck K wrote this review Sunday, August 19, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
