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alyssaarch's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
songwind's review
2.0
[book:Reiffen's Choice] was a flawed book with a pretty good book hidden inside.
The story was extremely slow to start. I literally only read the first half because I kept forgetting to put more books on my PDA. Around halfway through the story, it began to get interesting.
Write his sentences backward for no reason, the author sometimes does. It was like being read a story by Yoda, or Mike Joy from the UFC.
The end was really slow and meandering and largely unnecessary as well.
Those things being said, there were good parts about this book. The world described is pretty interesting, and I would like to know more about it. The characters were sympathetic and believable. The enigmatic forces of evil remained aloof and inscrutable, which was nice.
If this book had been about half as long, it could have been excellent. The story, once it picked up steam, was interesting enough that I will give the sequel a chance to grab me before I give up entirely.
The story was extremely slow to start. I literally only read the first half because I kept forgetting to put more books on my PDA. Around halfway through the story, it began to get interesting.
Write his sentences backward for no reason, the author sometimes does. It was like being read a story by Yoda, or Mike Joy from the UFC.
The end was really slow and meandering and largely unnecessary as well.
Those things being said, there were good parts about this book. The world described is pretty interesting, and I would like to know more about it. The characters were sympathetic and believable. The enigmatic forces of evil remained aloof and inscrutable, which was nice.
If this book had been about half as long, it could have been excellent. The story, once it picked up steam, was interesting enough that I will give the sequel a chance to grab me before I give up entirely.
zaphod46's review
3.0
This was a decent young adult story. The Cosmology was rather diļ¬erent from
most fantasy novels, but the plot was fairly simplistic and did not have any
decent surprises. The characters were all predictable.
The mythology focused on the various races each being the children of a
particular god (there were no goddesses that I could tell). Apparently the human
progenitor was rather mean and spent his time hunting humans for sport until
he was killed. Three evil wizards sprang up from his body and the novel takes
place just a decade after they revealed themselves to the world.
most fantasy novels, but the plot was fairly simplistic and did not have any
decent surprises. The characters were all predictable.
The mythology focused on the various races each being the children of a
particular god (there were no goddesses that I could tell). Apparently the human
progenitor was rather mean and spent his time hunting humans for sport until
he was killed. Three evil wizards sprang up from his body and the novel takes
place just a decade after they revealed themselves to the world.
vgdesigns's review
2.0
Boring, sort of a lord of the Rings type of plot. The end is frustrationg after reading about how long they walked and only have the book end were it started.
bzedan's review against another edition
2.0
Oh no, prince is captured and there is magic and wizards and a quest!
Also talking seals and bear shapeshifter, which is why this got two stars instead of one.
Also talking seals and bear shapeshifter, which is why this got two stars instead of one.
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