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Liked It “I loved reading about Talon. Since the focus was not on him i gave the book one star lower.” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “Raymond Feist is one of my guilty reading pleasures, along with Stephen King. Feist is a prolific high fantasy writer whose stuff is, by and large, not wonderful by most literary standards. But it's almost always a ripping good yarn and I enjoy reading it. He's built such a backstory and depth to...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“I loved reading about Talon. Since the focus was not on him i gave the book one star lower.”
Turtle wrote this review Saturday, November 7 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“After finally embarking on book 3 of the conclave of shadows (exile's return) i feel duped. Book 2 felt so final so it aroused my curiosity as to what lay in store. With kaspar former duke of olasko tryin to make his way back home one can look forward to another showdown with master swords man tal hawkins but feist pulls a fast one on me as he actually building up to maybe another series. Hawkins is sidelined to a cameo role as the duke takes centre role. But have to admit it was a well executed con.”
mel munyua wrote this review Sunday, September 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“It's Feist, need I say more?”
Jeff W wrote this review Monday, September 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This was actually quite good. ”
Popeston M wrote this review Monday, May 12 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“The series could have ended at book two but I enjoyed that Feist carried it on and left the ending open, indicating he would make a new series from it. Which he has done. A very good read, as always. ”
Briana C wrote this review Sunday, January 13 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No1 of 1 members found this review helpful“Raymond Feist is one of my guilty reading pleasures, along with Stephen King. Feist is a prolific high fantasy writer whose stuff is, by and large, not wonderful by most literary standards. But it's almost always a ripping good yarn and I enjoy reading it. He's built such a backstory and depth to his world of Midkemia that long-time readers like myself are sucked in like some kind of literary quagmire.
jmadigan wrote this review Wednesday, July 18 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Exile's Return is the third book in his meandering "Conclave of Shadows" series, and it appears to not be the last. The book deals with (former) Duke Kaspar, who was exiles at the end of the previous book. Kaspar is a real bastard who killed a lot of people in his grasping for power, and Feist sets up an interesting premise when he promises to explore what redemption for a guy like this would be like. And for a while it's interesting, but I quickly got the impression that Feist wanted to speed this development up for the sake of the book's plot, which involves the unearthing of an otherworldly suit of armor that could lead to --wait for it-- the destruction of Midkemia. Feist even throws a trite "Eh, Kaspar was really being mind controlled by an evil sorcerer so he's really not that bad a fellow" explanation in there, which made me roll my eyes and knock the estimation of the book down a whole peg.
So Kaspar's development and redemption soon get swept up in the admitidly more exciting but ultimately less meaningful action surrounding the mysterious armor. It culminates awkwardly in a munchkin-fest battle featuring the high-level heavyweights of Feist's D&D-based world. Still, it IS fun and I did find it hard to put down until it was over.”
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