Le cinque stirpi

I could not take it any more. I am taking some advice and I am not going to finish this book even though I REALLY tried. I started this book in August and have taken breaks from it 4 or 5 times. I wanted this book to be good, but its way too simple. The plot is very simple and predictable. The chara Leggi tutto

This book reminded me of a role playing game. Character gets assigned quest and sets off --> when character arrives at destination he finds out that the quest completion parameters have been amended and that he has to continue to new destination, where more or less the same thing happens. Along the

DNF at 50% I know, I know – “Fifty percent and you don’t want to finish?” Yeah but this is 700 plus pages! 300 pages, maybe even 400 and I’d stick it out but just too much pulp for not enough up side. So Heitz has created a fantasy world where a dwarf is orphaned and raised by a human wizard and then t Leggi tutto

Ich hatte die Reihe vor Jahren angefangen mit meinem Sohn zu lesen. Er war damals 11 Jahre, wir lasen uns gegenseitig vor und irgendwie schien das Buch genau richtig für den Zweck. Die Gewalt- und Kriegsszenen ließen sicher die Frage aufkommen, ob dies altersgerechte Lektüre war. Nun ist mein Sohn b Leggi tutto

The best review I can give is that my 17 year old son spent his own money to buy the first three books (in hard cover), read them and encouraged his friends to read them. I just had to read them myself and found myself enjoying them. Let the author speak for himself. "Death came for the dwarf and tri Leggi tutto

Why the Read: I've always enjoyed Tolkienesque (or D&D) dwarves. After reading excellent contemporary fantasy by McKillip, Bujold, Martin, Abercrombie and Rothfuss, I thought I'd give it a go. Plot: the clichéd D&D role play world. Also the clichéd little guy becomes a big guy through an adventure. Leggi tutto

Once I managed to trudge through the first 100 or so pages, (which are a bit of a massive yawn) things really started to pick up and I began to really enjoy the book. The writing isn't particularly stellar, but it flows nicely and it's the characters that spurred me on to continue reading. The core

Još jedna od knjiga koja ima interesantnu postavku, kompetentno je napisana i na kraju bude samo meh. Ono što imamo ovde je u suštini klasična fantazi priča o borbi dobra i zla alu upakovana u ruho patuljaka. E sada to ne bi tolko smetalo da je pisac to iskoristio da ponudi nešto drugačije ali činmje Leggi tutto

This book can be described as a badly written spin off of LOTR where the attention has been shifted from elves and humans to dwarves. Being a fan of fantasy it is rare for me to rate a book 1 star but I didn't find anything here that made me think of giving it anything more. Writing is one of the mai Leggi tutto

I really didn't enjoy this nearly got too 100 pages and the dialogue is just awful in places and sounds more like a Disney film at times then a proper fantasy book. Characters are dull and plot is full of so many holes and inconstant. Not for me, I'm really having a bad year with fantasy books :(