Is Donaldson doing a 'Star Wars?'
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My god what an effort. I'm a fan of the originals but after this I have to question whether I have I been looking back at those with rose tinted spectacles or whether my tastes really have changed that much. Or is it a case that having three children does not allow you the luxury of time - and I mean time - to read as slow paced a book as this? I swear I read chunks of it over not realising because there are sections of it where the repetition of Linden Avery's constant faffing, moaning, droning, questioning and general dullness just get out of control.
Donaldson loves his characters to travel on journeys but Avery's mental route is just round in circles and as for her physical one? Heck I think it took 200 pages to travel six miles! When a fight finally broke out I almost cried with joy, and even then Avery just moped around not really aware of it. What a character! Possibly the most boring hero in history. Maybe that's her secret! When she finally does face her enemy (in about 2500 pages by my reckoning, even though he's probably just over the next hill) she'll probably just drown him in her own turmoil. Lighten up love!
So why did I read it to the end? I made the fatal error of reading the last seven words just before I bought it, that's why. And what promise they offer for the rest of the series... Let's just hope Donaldson answers the promise, otherwise he might just end up becoming the George Lucas of the fantasy world.
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love it!
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People who read this and gave it bad reviews seem to want to keep the same old characters from the first chronicles, and can't seem to accept the fact that Donaldson has moved the story along somewhat since he first started to write 20 odd years ago. It is a wonderful story continuing the fate of the Land, and had me gripped me from the start (to the point where I missed my stop on the tube several times), and I cannot wait to read the second one. Indeed, it answered many questions I had from the second chronicles and has left me wanting even more......
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Stephen Donaldson is every bit as good as J.R.R. Tolkien
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I read the first and second chronicles in close succession, and loved
every minute of the well woven tale. It was very exciting to learn
there was more books coming in the series. I received the book some
time before christmas and despite the kids, the dog, the preparations
for christmas - it was read in less than a week.
There were a few things that took me by surprise in the story so far,
and it took a little while to re-acquaint myself with the characters,
races etc, but it did not take long to get in to it, and it is every
bit as good as I remember the first chronicles.
This is a well recommended read if you read and liked the first two
chronicles.
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find the word eldrich every 50 pages
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Well it is admittedly a long time since I re-read the first and second chronicles (but they remain favourites in my memory) so perhaps my tastes have changed and perhaps my expectations were too high.
It never really grabbed me, I'm afraid and I found some if it simply annoying - for example overuse of the word eldrich.
I finished it, but I won't be buying any more of the last chronicles.
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One word - turgid
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I am going to pretend this book was never written - it has tarnished my memories of the other 6.
Never have liked Donaldsons writing style - but in the past the story has made up for it. here the 'story' seems to involve Linden climbing up cliffes etc. Awfull.
And the words...what was the editor thinking?
Very boring, very dull, totally unneeded, uses a stupid time travel paradox to bring back Lord Foul.....in fact time travel feels completely out of place in this world anyway.
Awfull. Avoid at all costs.
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