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A review by ferrisscottr
Magician's End by Raymond E. Feist
3.0
I was 13 when Magician came out (I'm 44 now) so I have history with this series and I've read almost all the books (21 of them) so there are mixed feelings at reading and finishing the last book in the series.
Feist writes some of the best political fantasy out there and he didn't disappoint in this book but the problem was - the things that were interesting in this book were the politics and the non-magical characters. Everything magic related (and that includes that pages upon pages of philosophical ramblings) made me want to toss the book across the room because it was so boring. I just couldn't get myself excited about yet another world ending crisis from another dimension. Demons - been there, done that. Pug trying to save everyone - been there, done that.
The characters are great but they've been great for 30 years, there really wasn't much added in this trilogy.
At the end of the day I was being generous and rounding up when I gave this book 3 stars.
Feist hasn't really written a "great" book in about 15 years and this one won't change that opinion. He should have left this world behind years and years ago and just created a new series.
But it is the last book so if you've read this long in the series then you should probably finish it.
Feist writes some of the best political fantasy out there and he didn't disappoint in this book but the problem was - the things that were interesting in this book were the politics and the non-magical characters. Everything magic related (and that includes that pages upon pages of philosophical ramblings) made me want to toss the book across the room because it was so boring. I just couldn't get myself excited about yet another world ending crisis from another dimension. Demons - been there, done that. Pug trying to save everyone - been there, done that.
The characters are great but they've been great for 30 years, there really wasn't much added in this trilogy.
At the end of the day I was being generous and rounding up when I gave this book 3 stars.
Feist hasn't really written a "great" book in about 15 years and this one won't change that opinion. He should have left this world behind years and years ago and just created a new series.
But it is the last book so if you've read this long in the series then you should probably finish it.