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Summary: Raymond Feist's World of Midkemia Comes Alive Again!
Review: As fantasy novel comrades know, our favorite authors tease us to distraction with multiple book series! While it is a costly dance (buying book after book), with Raymond Feist, it is worth it!Note: Please, editors of Mr. Feist, do a better job next time. It breaks my reading trance, when I see inconsistencies like confusions of Jimmy with Dash, giving the wrong character's name as a rapist in a past episode, mis-spellings of names of characters, some questionable grammar in a few phrases and the like. It makes me think that his own publishers are not even following his own story! In addition, I felt that in this last of the Serpent War Saga, Mr. Feist was trying to get all of the old familiar characters involved in the finale. He even mentioned Lady Mara on Kelewan! However, in another one of those editting problems, she is mentioned her as the "Servant of the Empire" when in the last of that series, her son, the new Tsurannuni Emperor granted her the special and higher title of "Mistress of the Empire." (please editors: get with it!) While the flash and flare of the ending was fantastic, I thought that having the power of Tomas, the last of the Valheru, Miranda, the mysterious magician/trickster Nakor and Pug fighting the "bad dream" of Nalar at the end, was over-kill in my opinion. They each played a small role in the victory, cool... but, it seems Pug and Tomas could have done it all alone. Personally, I would have wanted more of Tomas's battle skills with his wonderful white armour and I would have expected Calis, after all his tremendous efforts in previous parts of the adventure, to come out of retirement to fight with the Kingdom in its most desperate hour of need in the battle over Krondor! Also...call me dense....I didn't really follow the ending. I guess my mind isn't far enough into the cosmos to get the bad dream thing that Nakor was trying to explain. Oh well.... All things said, I enjoyed the story, my questions about my favorite characters were all answered, I was disappointed by, yet understood, Dash's final career choice, and I'd bet that we'll venture to Midkemia with Mr. Feist again.
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Summary: Good Book, Bad Editing
Review: I did enjoy the book, but I feel that there are two major flaws in it. First and most obvious is the utter lack of decent editing. There were numerous common typos, mis-spelled character names (e.g. General Nordan was refered to as 'Noradan' in one chapter), mixed up characters (at one point, Dash is described attacking a Keshian caravan, but Dash was back in Krondor. It was Jimmy that was attacking the Keshians) and segments of action left out (e.g. Dash is awakened by a late-night visitor and it is pointed out that his clothes are lying in a heap on the floor. In the next paragraph, he's buckling on his sword, but there is nothing indicating he got dressed). The second thing I didn't care for was the ending. I'm satisfied with how the novel was resolved and the secrets revealed and those left unknown. However, it seemed more like the author either got tired or felt that the book was long enough and decided to end it. The ending came too abruptly. There were situations and conflicts all over the Kingdom and the whole novel gets resolved by a handful of characters hardly present throughout the text. For those who have read the rest of the series, Shards of a Broken Crown is definitely worth picking up. I did enjoy it as a whole however, it was, at best, rushed to the printers. I also can't help the sneaking suspicion that perhaps Mr. Feist was not the author. I find it hard to believe he would make some of the mistakes present in this book.
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Summary: Yet another fantastic book by R.E.Feist
Review: Shards of a broken crown is yet another fantastic book by fantasy author Ray Feist. Like in a few of his other books he describes the characters so vivid that you almost could cry when they died. In short terms, a wonderful book.
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Summary: A very very good story! Excellent ending to the series!
Review: I started reading Raymond Fiest on the suggestion of a friend of mine. I have never looked back and will continue to love his books! I couldn't stop reading this excellent novel with barely a stop in the excitement! I loved it! Excellent! Super! Superb! I look forward to reading more of the world of Midkemia!
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Summary: Engaging story, very poor editing
Review: While the story was enjoyable, I had a real problem with the editing (or lack thereof). Not only were there a lot of typos throughout, ("then" instead of "than", "this women" instead of "this woman", etc.) Feist couldn't keep the characters straight. The brothers Jimmy and Dash had a surname "Jameson" in the previous books *AND* in the cast of characters in the front of this book. Then throughout this book the name was changed to "Jamison". In a scene late in the book, Jimmy was rushing back to Krondor to help hold against Kesh, but all of a sudden, it became Dash who was attacking the Keshian supply train. Dash was in the city!!! Also, Feist referred to Manfred (Erik von Darkmoor's half brother) as the one who raped Rosalyn and got her pregnant, but it was actually Stephan who did that!!! Feist needs to get better editors in the future.
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Summary: Feist style is different
Review: Admit it you hardly see any authors with the same style of writing as Feist. He's a refreshing change from all the pesimistic views of characters of other books like Haplo in the Death Gate saga by Margerate Weis and Tracy Hickman or the depressing mood of Robin Hobbs's Farseer Trilogy. Feist gives moods that are fitting and real and i think that is his difference
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Summary: This book has everything you want in a fantasy story!!
Review: I have read all Raymonds books and they are all spectacular!! This one is no diffrent. His way of grasping the reader in the first page is unmatched, and his characters are so defined that it is hard to think that this world does not exsist. To make it short, if i had to pick my favorite author in the whole world, it is without a doubt Raymond. His novels on the Riftwar Saga is what got me interested in reading in the first place.
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Summary: Well Done Raymond!
Review: An excellent end to the Serpentwar Saga....and enough to make up a whole new series. Hopefully, Pug, the new Black Sorceror will play a prominent role in the new series. A nice conclusion too, with new roles for Dash and the way open for Jimmy. Excellent!
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Summary: GREAT BOOK
Review: Feist has done it again. Shards isn't the best book of the series but like all Feist books it deserves a 5 star rating. If you like Feist you will love this book.
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Summary: Feist Again Brings Us To Reality!
Review: I agree with an earlier review of this book that if Feist has made you think, than he has done his job. He has definately made us think in this book. He teaches us that main characters of the Riftwar such as Jimmy the Hand and the original Arutha were special and do not come by every day (or every book). Prince Patrick and Duke Arutha cannot replace these two heroes in terms of equivalent accomplishments. Just think of the real world and how our leaders of today just aren't like some of the heroes of our past. Do you hold Clinton at the same level as JFK or FDR? Or can there really be another Martin Luther King JR.? The characters in SOABC try to live up to the standards of those great characters in the riftwar, but just cannot. Just like in our world. In this regard, Feist was successful. I have a feeling that his new series will have some great heroes like before. Will they be Arutha and Jimmy the Hand once again?
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