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Zaknafein
Seeker
USA
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 Posted - 11 Feb 2004 : 04:03:27
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Ok, to those out there who have read this book, what did you think? I thought it started out great but was rushed at the end. You barely read anything about Alaghon itself. Haarn finally confronts Borran Klosk and that only lasts about 50 pages. This could have possibly been a great read if it was spread out over two books maybe, but i just thought the end was really rushed.
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 11 Feb 2004 : 06:04:31
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Originally posted by Zaknafein
Ok, to those out there who have read this book, what did you think? I thought it started out great but was rushed at the end. You barely read anything about Alaghon itself. Haarn finally confronts Borran Klosk and that only lasts about 50 pages. This could have possibly been a great read if it was spread out over two books maybe, but i just thought the end was really rushed.
It's been awhile since I've read this work, but if I recall, I had alike feelings when it came to this novel. I'm still glad I read the book. I'm curious if that feeling you descibed about the ending being rushed might be a sign that there was some significant editing done that might have left out a longer version. |
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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Posted - 15 Apr 2004 : 13:44:19
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Im currently reading this novel, having thoroughly enjoyed the first 2 in the series and was just about to write a partial review when I remembered to search for an existing topic, and found this one 
I quite agree with what has been written here already. In my opinion, this novel does not belong in the Cities series. Im on page 225 of 306 and the main character is still not in the city (Alaghon)  Very little has been written about the city as well and there is no flavor whatsoever. The first two books in the series featured many different aspects and really fleshed the locations out.
Up to now in the book, not much has happened at all and the wolf fight was drawn out over numerous chapters for no apparent reason.
The characters are unlikable and I have no attachment to any of them (apart from Broadfoot, the brown bear ). Granted, the protagonist is a druid of the Emerald Enclave and has a very arrogant attitude (as to be expected maybe?!).
Overall Im finding this story very bland and a let down to the series. I HIGHLY recommend City of Ravens and Temple Hill, but sadly advise against this one.
Maybe itll pick up, but as the posts above state - it all seems rushed at the end, which I can imagine, being as SOMETHING has to happen in the next 80 pages or so |
Lord Rad
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Lawfire
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 03 Nov 2006 : 08:57:21
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I just finished this book, and agree with everything said so far.
The ending was rushed and not very intense.
It had little to do with the City of Alaghon.
Maybe it was just me, but for amount of time Druz traveled with Haarn, you really don't get to "know" her very well. The pasts of both characters seems a bit weak also. A blacksmiths daughter turned sellsword, and a half-elf druid raised by his elf father...
On a positive note, I was nice to learn a little about the Emerald Enclave. |
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MerrikCale
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 03 Nov 2006 : 17:33:58
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khorne
Master of Realmslore
Finland
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Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 19:11:12
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RodOdom
Senior Scribe
USA
509 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2006 : 20:59:04
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I read this a few years ago, and I remember it was excellent from start to finish.
(I'm no relation to the writer, Mel Odom.) |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 02 Mar 2007 : 01:51:04
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I have twenty pages left to go with this book, and my overall feeling has to be...indifference.
The book is solid but ho-hum and forgettable in just about all respects--characters, plot, the villain and his werespider cohort, and setting. The book isn't bad, just lackluster. And as many, many people have already said, for a book in The Cities series, very little of it even takes place in Alaghon, or any city for that matter.
I thought the part with the wolf cubs was rather sweet though...and a "breather" after the excessively long wolf battle. As for a longer book...forget it. I'm glad I'm almost ready to start a new book. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 02 Mar 2007 : 16:14:58
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Just finished, and god, did this novel turn out to be silly. How did the bear suddenly come back to life? No explanation was given. And at the end of the book, Druz's face is clean, yet later she blushes through a face full of soot.
Lame. On to the next book. |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
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Posted - 02 Mar 2007 : 16:36:43
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 02 Mar 2007 : 17:04:35
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Originally posted by Jorkens
I think I came about fifty pages into this book before I started a different book instead. I usually finish books, but this one just did not interest me at all. A bit disappointing as I had been wanting to see more of Turmish.
I wouldn't feel like you missed anything, because the book doesn't show you much of Turmish. Most of it takes place out in the wilderness, and feels like it could be anywhere. Even the scenes inside the city lack flavor, with the only truly "urban" scenes being the ones involving the street urchin gang (and even those scenes felt like they could have taken place in any city). |
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The Jewel of Turmish (spoilers)
