hectaizani's review against another edition
4.0
This story was fun. It put me in mind of a D&D campaign where a bunch of novice players were given the Players Handbook and told to pick out their class. "Hey, this looks cool, I want to be a ranger, or a wizard, or a fighter."
The characters were students in training to be adventurers. Part of that training included being sent out on quests, in a party containing one each of the most common classes, and learning to work together. Except that, there was something off about some of the quests. Something that the party couldn't quite put it's finger on.
I would have liked a little more backstory on the rogue, but I guess she was meant to be mysterious. Perhaps her story will be fleshed out more fully in subsequent books. I won't give away any spoilers about the rest of the party. Suffice it to say that there is more to the fighter's story than there appears and a dwarven wizard is either a delight or an abomination depending on which edition is your favorite.
I would absolutely read further novels in this series.
The characters were students in training to be adventurers. Part of that training included being sent out on quests, in a party containing one each of the most common classes, and learning to work together. Except that, there was something off about some of the quests. Something that the party couldn't quite put it's finger on.
I would have liked a little more backstory on the rogue, but I guess she was meant to be mysterious. Perhaps her story will be fleshed out more fully in subsequent books. I won't give away any spoilers about the rest of the party. Suffice it to say that there is more to the fighter's story than there appears and a dwarven wizard is either a delight or an abomination depending on which edition is your favorite.
I would absolutely read further novels in this series.
chaotic_cowboy's review against another edition
4.0
Reminds me of a short Harry Potter Book 1. Hopefully the next few books grow out the series in the same way.
kesnit's review against another edition
3.0
Slow and Predictable
The first 2/3 of this book is very slow. More than once I considered giving up on it, but I did want to see how it ended. It does pick up at the end, but by then the big reveal was already clear.
It isn’t bad, just very mediocre.
The first 2/3 of this book is very slow. More than once I considered giving up on it, but I did want to see how it ended. It does pick up at the end, but by then the big reveal was already clear.
It isn’t bad, just very mediocre.
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