| | Comment from (2005-11-16) |
| I found these books corny and predictable. Pulp fiction...nowhere near deserving of 14th rank. Feist's world is a blatant carbon copy of middle earth, and his characters can all be sorted into a variety of stereotypes and have little to no complexity or understandable motivations. the plot itself is reminiscent of an imaginative, yet poorly though-out Dungeons and Dragons campaign, lacking hooks to keep you reading, dealing with very superficial themes. I would recommend this series to middle school students...nobody else should be caught reading these. |
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| | Comment from (2003-03-08) |
| Ok, this is one of the best fantasy series for a number of reasons. Feist has a great sense of the limits to put on the explination of magic. He blends the ideas of science and magic, but leaves enough of the unknown to keep it "magical". Through the larger scope of the interaction between two worlds, Feist maintais the readers identification with the two boys from Crydee. I began reading this series when i was in my early teens, and i have never identified with a protaganist as closely since, and i have read just about all of the series in the top 20. I advise having the second book on hand when you finish the first, you will want it. Daughter of the Empire is also a good follow up read. |
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