A review by abigcoffeedragon
The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
3.0
This was mediocre writing at best - it is a debut novel, so I am confident that this could get better, but the tension is lacking, the character development is lacking, and having read as much Fantasy as I have by now, the originality is lacking -
This is a novel best saved for those getting into the genre and not already years vested, because everything that is said and done on these pages has been done before (or after, depending on the timeline of your reading experience) -
Shannara started a new generation of writing, and this is still and simply the straight form of farm boy hero with a destiny, however, I feel that I have moved well beyond this, and I could not take this novel seriously anymore.
This is great if you are getting your children into the Fantasy genre, and I will most likely have my young boys read this when they get a bit older, but I for one could not continue the interesting sounding world of Shannara that had no real value for the learned and aged like myself.
This is a novel best saved for those getting into the genre and not already years vested, because everything that is said and done on these pages has been done before (or after, depending on the timeline of your reading experience) -
Shannara started a new generation of writing, and this is still and simply the straight form of farm boy hero with a destiny, however, I feel that I have moved well beyond this, and I could not take this novel seriously anymore.
This is great if you are getting your children into the Fantasy genre, and I will most likely have my young boys read this when they get a bit older, but I for one could not continue the interesting sounding world of Shannara that had no real value for the learned and aged like myself.