ferrisscottr's review against another edition
4.0
Last book in this four book series and Salvatore redeemed himself after some mediocre middle books.
This series had a little bit of everything.
Books 1 & 4 were everything that people love about Salvatore ~ amazing characters, rip roaring fights and battles, development, adrenaline, great tales.
Books 2 & 3 were everything that people criticize about Salvatore ~ amateurish writing, stuck in the 90's, rewriting the same book over and over again, rehashed plots and boring world development.
At the end of the day I would recommend the series even though the middle books were painful at times - the beginning and the end are worth it.
This series had a little bit of everything.
Books 1 & 4 were everything that people love about Salvatore ~ amazing characters, rip roaring fights and battles, development, adrenaline, great tales.
Books 2 & 3 were everything that people criticize about Salvatore ~ amateurish writing, stuck in the 90's, rewriting the same book over and over again, rehashed plots and boring world development.
At the end of the day I would recommend the series even though the middle books were painful at times - the beginning and the end are worth it.
franktt89's review
2.0
It took me so long to finish this book. Felt bloated, too many characters, locations, and unnecessary denials of the main character ("Oh I don't want to fight because the book isn't nearly over yet).
During my final push to read the book, I realized that I didn't enjoy this series as much as I thought.
I continued reading after the first book and loving Bransen, but got inundated by so many characters instead.
I don't think the author intended for The Highwayman to be a series, but then just went with it.
First book great! Those after were a slog. Nothing worse than a heroes journey that includes being a twerp for the majority of the series.
During my final push to read the book, I realized that I didn't enjoy this series as much as I thought.
I continued reading after the first book and loving Bransen, but got inundated by so many characters instead.
I don't think the author intended for The Highwayman to be a series, but then just went with it.
First book great! Those after were a slog. Nothing worse than a heroes journey that includes being a twerp for the majority of the series.
kgagne's review
3.0
An interesting change from the DemonWar saga -- a battle of humans and politics, not demons and dactyls. I enjoyed this return visit to Corona and seeing the machinations of so many characters come to a head, at last.
It was not without its faults, though. Questions from the end of the previous book ("The Dame") were not satisfactorily resolved; the main character waffled in his world view too much and changed too easily; the epilogue was too akin to two previous DemonWar books; and the copyediting was at times lax, with the word "almost" once being spelled "a1most".
I hope this is not Salvatore's last outing in Corona, as I look forward to returning to this fascinating world he has crafted.
It was not without its faults, though. Questions from the end of the previous book ("The Dame") were not satisfactorily resolved; the main character waffled in his world view too much and changed too easily; the epilogue was too akin to two previous DemonWar books; and the copyediting was at times lax, with the word "almost" once being spelled "a1most".
I hope this is not Salvatore's last outing in Corona, as I look forward to returning to this fascinating world he has crafted.
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