mikariah's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
sad
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
I love wolves and wish the best for xenofiction in general, but goddamn it, man. This just ain't it.
jasmindd's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Listened to this book on audible as I have read it around 3580725 times during my youth and the narration was great. The book still absolutely slaps. It's an incredibly nostalgic tale for me and tbh I'll read anything with talking wolves.
jbojkov's review against another edition
3.0
Animal fantasy is not my favorite genre, but I liked this one. My daughter recommended it to me and I'm glad I had the chance to read something she really liked. It was an interesting story line with likable characters and some plot twists to keep you guessing. For those that like the Warriors series or the Redwall series, this is a good choice too.
melomindy's review against another edition
3.0
I probably shouldn’t have waited over a decade to read this one. I probably would have enjoyed it more closer after reading Fire Bringer. I expected the twist very very early in the book. I didn’t expect so much religion (mostly a wolf version of Christianity taking over paganism)
ecsun345's review against another edition
2.0
It was well written, but I really didn't like the ending and the plot was kinda repetetive. I think he made the wolves TOO much like humans.
ningnongnang's review against another edition
1.0
Do not read this book (or the series, actually) if you care about realistic animal behaviours, facts, and believability in general.
Yes, while this is a Fantasy tale about animals, there is no excuse as to why the wolves resemble wolves only in name. The author has performed no research, not even the basic of basic facts, let alone altered reality to make an interesting and believable twist.
There is only so much suspension-of-disbelief that can be incorporated before it becomes ridiculous... As a tool the author used to avoid the all-important research and world-building!
Wolves that can't follow a scent? Wolves that can't cross shallow water? It seems as though the author just made up weaknesses and strengths whenever it was appropriate for a tragedy, accident, 'plot event', and so forth.
The annoying character personalities bothered me less than the animal portrayals, but not by a lot. 'Fire-Bringer' is the only book worth reading from this disappointing writer, even with its few flaws. Effort was used in Fire-Bringer; The Sight may as well have been written by a ghost writer!
Yes, while this is a Fantasy tale about animals, there is no excuse as to why the wolves resemble wolves only in name. The author has performed no research, not even the basic of basic facts, let alone altered reality to make an interesting and believable twist.
There is only so much suspension-of-disbelief that can be incorporated before it becomes ridiculous... As a tool the author used to avoid the all-important research and world-building!
Wolves that can't follow a scent? Wolves that can't cross shallow water? It seems as though the author just made up weaknesses and strengths whenever it was appropriate for a tragedy, accident, 'plot event', and so forth.
The annoying character personalities bothered me less than the animal portrayals, but not by a lot. 'Fire-Bringer' is the only book worth reading from this disappointing writer, even with its few flaws. Effort was used in Fire-Bringer; The Sight may as well have been written by a ghost writer!
pixiejess8's review against another edition
2.0
The Sight seems to be right up my ally, ancient evil, families a'feudin, dark woods, winter and wolves. Checks a lot my boxes we are go for launch, but...this book has a few problems for me that start impeding my enjoyment of this book pretty early on.
Now I have said it before I will say it again "I LOVE wolves", but these wolves are the characters of the book it is their wolf pack that is a'feudin with another evil wolf pack. Hmmm...this concept just did not work for me and I don't know if was in delivery of it by way of the author or what, but every time something bad went down like super suspenseful and or dramatic, I expected the lead wolf to go
Which seems to take away from the creditability of the book, non?
But there were other things too, a lot of the facts about the wolves were not exactly um true, I love wolves and I am no expert, but David Attenborough has taught me a few things and this book was like opposite. I decided that these were "magic" wolves and applied the same rules you would to unicorns.Also they had awful names which I just could not get behind, that being said they were wolves and if one of them was Linda or Barb, I guess that would have been an issue as well.
And then the wolves got a bit frisky ...a bit amorous..? and
NOPE.....Uh-uh
Jessi OUT
Now I have said it before I will say it again "I LOVE wolves", but these wolves are the characters of the book it is their wolf pack that is a'feudin with another evil wolf pack. Hmmm...this concept just did not work for me and I don't know if was in delivery of it by way of the author or what, but every time something bad went down like super suspenseful and or dramatic, I expected the lead wolf to go
Which seems to take away from the creditability of the book, non?
But there were other things too, a lot of the facts about the wolves were not exactly um true, I love wolves and I am no expert, but David Attenborough has taught me a few things and this book was like opposite. I decided that these were "magic" wolves and applied the same rules you would to unicorns.Also they had awful names which I just could not get behind, that being said they were wolves and if one of them was Linda or Barb, I guess that would have been an issue as well.
And then the wolves got a bit frisky ...a bit amorous..? and
NOPE.....Uh-uh
Jessi OUT
hisdarkmaterials's review against another edition
3.0
Man...what can I say about this book.
Last read this nearly a decade ago. 3.5 stars. The story is good but it's greatly flawed. It's far too long, it reads as a rehash of Davies first book, Fire Bringer and the deaths are just awful. I understand keeping things realistic but Davies just takes it a step too far. This book filled me with hopelessness. Fire bringer came full circle and left me feeling contented but The Sight just left me sad and confused.
Also all the lore and stories of Gods etc just didn't work for me in this book, they weren't slipped seamlessly into the telling but disrupted the story every time they popped up. So much repetition in this book had my eyes glazing over more than once.
For all that you do fall in love with the characters, you become invested in their wellbeing (at your own risk...). The story is interesting and well fleshed out. Some parts of the book are beautiful and interesting.
I'm not rushing into the sequel of this book - Fell. I need a couple of books in between to lift my spirits!
Last read this nearly a decade ago. 3.5 stars. The story is good but it's greatly flawed. It's far too long, it reads as a rehash of Davies first book, Fire Bringer and the deaths are just awful. I understand keeping things realistic but Davies just takes it a step too far. This book filled me with hopelessness. Fire bringer came full circle and left me feeling contented but The Sight just left me sad and confused.
Also all the lore and stories of Gods etc just didn't work for me in this book, they weren't slipped seamlessly into the telling but disrupted the story every time they popped up. So much repetition in this book had my eyes glazing over more than once.
For all that you do fall in love with the characters, you become invested in their wellbeing (at your own risk...). The story is interesting and well fleshed out. Some parts of the book are beautiful and interesting.
I'm not rushing into the sequel of this book - Fell. I need a couple of books in between to lift my spirits!
xhaiiro's review against another edition
3.0
Nostalgia is a hell of a drug, and I oscillate between 3 and 4 stars for this. I remember loving it when I was younger, but there are some glaring points that made it a ponderous reread.
A (newly discovered) pet peeve: how frequently two characters talking to each other directly, often with no one else around, will speak each other's name - repeatedly. Felt unnatural and stilted.
A (newly discovered) pet peeve: how frequently two characters talking to each other directly, often with no one else around, will speak each other's name - repeatedly. Felt unnatural and stilted.