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Liked It “On the surface, "Flight of the Nighthawks" tells the story of two "brothers", coming of age to be men, Tad and Zane, which Feist does really, really well. I find the more interesting part of the story is how Pug and Nakor continually discuss the very nature of good and evil, while Pug's mind is...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “Wow, Raymond Feist is really phoning it in here. Feist is one of my guilty pleasures as far as books go, and only one of two high fantasy authors I read everything from any more (the other one being George R. R. Martin). That may have to change, though. |
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“On the surface, "Flight of the Nighthawks" tells the story of two "brothers", coming of age to be men, Tad and Zane, which Feist does really, really well. I find the more interesting part of the story is how Pug and Nakor continually discuss the very nature of good and evil, while Pug's mind is always on his new family and the one that he has lost. They are also trying to deal with the threat of the Dasati invading Midkemia, through a new rift that is open with the help of the Great Ones. Also, they must find Leso Varen, who has returned. But, can they defeat him this time? There are a lot of great characters in this novel that I love, and the further investigations into the Nighthawks, the Talnoy and the Gods themselves are more than enough to keep me reading. I really love this book! Raymond E. Feist does not disappoint! A definite must read!”
Jimmy W wrote this review Sunday, September 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Always read Feist as soon as I can and read repeatedly.”
Jeff W wrote this review Monday, September 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“part of the darkwar saga, really interesting”
linda D wrote this review Wednesday, August 12 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Finally beginning the Darkwar Saga, this book introduces Tad and Zane; two common peasant boys who suddenly find themselves accidentally and inextricably entangled in the mysterious world of the Conclave of Shadows. Before they know what's happening, they find themselves fighting the deadly guild of assassins known as the Nighthawks and working to overthrow an insidious plot by the mad necromancer, Leso Varen, to plunge the world of Midkemia into chaos.
James M wrote this review Wednesday, November 26 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
An excellent story that brings in some fresh new faces along with all of the old favorites from the previous series, Conclave of Shadows.
The stage is set for mayhem!”
“Had been a while since I read any of Raymond work. I think that time away from this ongoing saga allowed me to look at it with a fresh perspective. This being the first part of a new series for the Seathon world, it was a good start. Introducing both new characters and gettng to know some old ones. The story moved along relatively well, but there were some spots where it bogs down a bit, but not so much it makes it a difficult read. I do like that this book starts to explain a lot of the mystery from the beginning of this saga (over 25 years ago for me), but also creating some new one.”
Greg M wrote this review Thursday, May 15 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This book is about a guild of wizards who are hunting down a man called Leso Varen. The guild was also investigating some mysterious murders in a kingdom called Kesh. Where they suspected that a guild of assassins called the Night Hawks are behind the murders and are located in Kesh. There is also another problem where rifts are being made from another plain of existence into their world. The book has a lot of good twist and turns in it and leaves you unexpected for what might come next. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good adventure and keeps you interested through out the book. I would give this book a 4 and half.”
Jeremy V wrote this review Tuesday, May 6 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“An excellent book that follows the line of good books by Feist. I thoroughly enjoyed the thrill, action and intrigue. I had a hard time putting it down!”
Briana C wrote this review Sunday, January 13 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I'm a big fan of the sci-fi/fantasy genre, and picked this book up as my first Feist novel while travelling. The story itself was interesting, and the author did a great job of conveying the world in such a way that I didn't feel lost by not reading his previous novels. However the writing in this book was less then spectalur. It seemed like a lot of characters were shallow and uniteresting, and added without any real reasoning behind them join the cast. The pace of the book was also pretty poor.”
The_Ethernopian wrote this review Thursday, December 6 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No1 of 1 members found this review helpful“Wow, Raymond Feist is really phoning it in here. Feist is one of my guilty pleasures as far as books go, and only one of two high fantasy authors I read everything from any more (the other one being George R. R. Martin). That may have to change, though.
jmadigan wrote this review Monday, July 16 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Flight of the Nighthawks really isn't all that well written, what with half the characters using idioms straight out of the 20th century and with clumsy and distracting phrasing that any editor should have been able to catch. It seems pretty clear that Feist wants to write something in another genre, but can't make himself or is just fulfilling some contract. Two of the characters even get drunk on whiskey (a far cry from the staples of ale or wine) and one of them owns a restaurant. I'm not against breaking out of the mould, but Feist's really not doing anything interesting with it; it's like he's breaking the rules out of bordom, not creativity.
The book doesn't even have a very interesting story, unlike previous installments in this new series. The pacing is completely bizzare, the characters are uniformly uninteresting, and Feist can't seem to let go of old standbys (though that's probably just as well, since his new characters are unremarkable). Oh, and everybody gets a plotline in this book. Magnus? He's got one. Pug? One for him. Nakor? Caleb? Tal Hawkins? Kaspar? Yep, all got their own private plotlines. Miranda? Well, no --she's a woman and for some reason Feist doesn't write women. Just as well, though. And it's not like all these threads weave together in any significant way. It's practically the SAME overall story as the last book --cliched, mad magician disguises self and tries to take over the world only to be suddenly stoped by a party of high level characters once the page count hits a certain mark. Bleh.
I think Feist needs to take another break. Write something in another genre, whatever. I'm sure I'll read the last 2 or however many books in this series just to close it out, but I'm not exactly hopping from one foot to the next in anticipation and I really hope things pick back up.”
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