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Title: Brotherhood of the Wolf (The Runelords, Book Two) by David Farland ISBN: 0-8125-7069-3 Publisher: Tor Fantasy Pub. Date: 15 September, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.63 (73 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Hope in dark times
Comment: Both Terry Goodkind and Robert Jordan seem to have abandonded the path of writing skillfull and good fantasy novel, and have entered the path of money making.
Too often the readers are the victim of the American policy of 'Writes get paid by the page...' (this in contrast to the English system where writers get paid by the book)
Fortunately there is Farland...
Enthralling and orignal story line, well developed characters, and the sinister truth behind the character's strength and beauty...thumbs up!
A good fantasy series so far, and well worth your time.
Let us hope that he can avoid the trap so many fantasy writers before him fell in. That he knows a way to keep things interesting and end the series somewhere before Part XX...
Rating: 3
Summary: In like a Lamb, Out like a Lion
Comment: Those of you who were amazed by the first book, Runelords, with its fast paced storyline and the intricate Rune endowment system, may very well be disappointed by this book or atleast part of it. The plots that were left open from the Runelords quickly disappear in this book. I was excited to learn more about Dylan Hammer, the role that the Days play, and an epic confrontation between Raj Ahten and Gaborn. All of this is quickly dashed away as Farland struggles to create a coherent story about the Reavers, a wylde, and some boring background characters.
The Botherhood of the Wolf(BotW) fails to impress in other areas too. If Runelords lacked detail in the character development and the setting, BotW is completly void of it. Try to picture Gaborn, Iome, Borenson, Binnesman or any other of the main chareacters and I bet you will have a really difficult time. Raj Ahten is the only character that is fairly easy to conjure an image of since the author has gone to great lengths to describe the effects that so many endowments have had on him. Without proper character development it is hard to have an sympathy for their cause. In addition, Farland has gone to great lengths to desribe Raj Ahten and the people of Indhopal as Arabic, wearing arabic clothes, and living in the desert. It is a cheap ploy by Farland to try to create antipathy towards the antagonist of the story, by using typical American sentiments towards Arabics. Whether you agree or disagree with his sentiments, Farland should be ashamed to treat his readers in such a condescending way.
Before I get to the few good parts of the story I have one major question that Farland has failed to answer and even tries to dodge in BotW. Why doesn't Gaborn choose his Days. Gaborn can read peoples minds, past and present. Gaborn wants the Days help, the Days says, "Why don't you choose me?", Gaborn says he is thinking about, later on Gaborn needs information that the days can provide, but the Days says he cannot answer questions, here merely transcribes history. Why did Gaborn not read his mind? As I start to read Wizardborn, if in fact, Gaborn has an ahha! moment where the light suddenly turns on and he decides to read his Days's mind I will slam the book shut on this series.
Now on to the few good parts of the book. As incoherent and boring as the first 200+ pages of the book were the last 200 pages drew me in. Why? Farland started to do what he does best by bring all the storylines together towards an epic battle. While characters and locations often lack details, his battles are absolutely amazing, even if it does involve the completly unneccesary of addition of Reavers to the storyline. Farland has excellent one on one combat and large scale battles littered throughout the last part of the book and it really saved this book from being an utter disappointment.
I have high hopes that Wizardborn will forge ahead with the strong ending to BotW. Score 6.5 out of 10.
Finally for the nitwit that wrote this:
"The Runelords heralds the arrival of a serious contender for the Jordan crown." How can you say this, it really is like comparing apples and oranges. It is definetly a high compliment, but Jordan is the detail king of sci-fi, going to absurd lengths to describe the characters and setting, much like Tolkein, while Farland is a very fast paced read with strong points in action oriented storytelling, kind of like Anne McCaffrey. Both, Farland and Jordan are great authors but the series themselves are not in contention with one another.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good, not Great but held my interest.
Comment: I really enjoyed the first book, Runelords: Sum of All Men, and I couldn't wait to read this book. I confess i struggled through some of the book, but about 250 pages from the end this book picks up tons of steam, the Reavers come out of the ground and all heck breaks loose. I thought the whole battle between the Reavers and Castle Carris was awesome, and the fight scenes reminded my a lot of Salvatore and his Forgotten Realms books. You won't be disappointed with this second book in the series. I'll definitely read Wizardborn (I've already bought it and it's sitting on my nightstand), but I'm going to read a couple other things first and then revisit the world of the Runelords and the Earth King.
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Title: The Lair of Bones (Runelords, Book 4) by David Farland ISBN: 0765301768 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 08 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3) by George R.R. Martin ISBN: 055357342X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: A Clash of Kings (A Song of Fire and Ice, Book 2) by George R.R. Martin ISBN: 0553579908 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R.R. Martin ISBN: 0553573403 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 04 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Sword (The Sword, the Ring, and the Chalice, Book 1) by Deborah Chester ISBN: 0441007023 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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