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A review by felicitybennett
The Wishsong of Shannara by Terry Brooks
4.0
This book was the first book of Shannara I purchased at a book sale. I did enough research to know it was the third in a trilogy but not enough to realize I didn't have to waste my time with the first two.
Wishsong is eons better than Sword or Elfstones, the characters are finally fleshed out where I don't feel like I'm following a piece of cardboard flowing in the wind and the action isn't reserved to the last 20% of the novel.
The high fantasy post apocalyptic world is something that I am extremely interested in learning more about, but Brookes continues to just talk about the age of men instead of showing it. I want ancient ruins of metal and forgotten nuclear waste sites! Anything that tries the idea to the actual story. We get glimpses such as a character who uses chemistry but not enough for it to truly feel like the world was once our own.
Wishsong is eons better than Sword or Elfstones, the characters are finally fleshed out where I don't feel like I'm following a piece of cardboard flowing in the wind and the action isn't reserved to the last 20% of the novel.
The high fantasy post apocalyptic world is something that I am extremely interested in learning more about, but Brookes continues to just talk about the age of men instead of showing it. I want ancient ruins of metal and forgotten nuclear waste sites! Anything that tries the idea to the actual story. We get glimpses such as a character who uses chemistry but not enough for it to truly feel like the world was once our own.