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| Title | : | Wards of Faerie (The Dark Legacy of Shannara #1) |
| Author | : | Terry Brooks |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 366 pages |
| Published | : | August 21st 2012 by Del Rey |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Epic Fantasy |
Terry Brooks
Hardcover | Pages: 366 pages Rating: 4.04 | 7166 Users | 539 Reviews
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Tumultuous times are upon the world now known as the Four Lands. Users of magic are in conflict with proponents of science. The dwindling Druid order is threatened with extinction. A sinister politician has used treachery and murder to rise as prime minister of the mighty Federation. Meanwhile, poring through a long-forgotten diary, the young Druid Aphenglow Elessedil has stumbled upon the secret account of an Elven girl’s heartbreak and the shocking truth about the vanished Elfstones, which once warded the lands and kept evil at bay. But never has a little knowledge been so very dangerous—as Aphenglow quickly learns when she’s set upon by assassins. Yet there can be no turning back from the road to which fate has steered her. Whoever captures the Elfstones and their untold powers will surely hold the advantage in the devastating clash to come.List Books As Wards of Faerie (The Dark Legacy of Shannara #1)
| Original Title: | Wards of Faerie |
| ISBN: | 0345523474 (ISBN13: 9780345523471) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Dark Legacy of Shannara #1, Shannara (Chronological Order) #25, Shannara (Publication Order) #27, Shannara - Terry's Suggested Order for New Readers #23 , more |
| Characters: | Aphenglow Elessedil, Drust Chazhul, Stoon, Khyber Elessedil, Ard Rhys, Railing Ohmsford, Redden Ohmsford, Oriantha |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2012) |
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Ratings: 4.04 From 7166 Users | 539 ReviewsWrite Up Out Of Books Wards of Faerie (The Dark Legacy of Shannara #1)
I must have read about twenty of Terry Brooks books over the years and I think I enjoyed all of them. This one is no exceptionI read this book a couple of years ago, but when I wanted to continue the series I found I did not remember much about it. Does that mean the book is forgettable? Maybe but I liked it enough to buy the rest of the trilogy at the time. So I decided to read it again. Whilst reading it, I remembered most of the characters, but I still did not remember the story. At leastCome on, I can't believe after 35 years of publishing Terry Brooks is still writing the same simple plot structure in every book he writes of setting out on a quest. I mean how many times can you do that with basically the same characters and similar quests, but jumping a few years in the timeline. If I kept writing the same thing over and over again I would have gotten tired of it already, but I guess he never will. I wish he would just finished the Shannara series, as many who wrote in the 70s
Disappointing in comparison to Brook's earlier books. The book was too short, lacked character development and appeared a mish-mash of Brook's earlier books. I also found this book, more than any Brook's earlier works, lacked subtlety. There was nothing to keep the reader guessing, and nothing that surprised or intrigued - he dropped hints like boulders - that you would have been blind to miss. Also, and I imagine this is just a personal gripe, the use of airships to get around, completely
I didn't like the last book, The Measure of the Magic: a bit of an awkward title, hard-to-pronounce villain's name, politics when I want adventure. At first I felt the title was a bit... off... but not so much as I thought the last book's was. So I went into this one sceptical, but hopeful.And boy, was I happy with it. This is definitely Terry's BEST in several years. I liked the Armageddon's Children trilogy and Bearers of the Black Staff, but it was good to be back to the other end of the
Plot- 4 StarsCharacters- 4.5 StarsSetting- 4 StarsNormally in a Terry Brooks Trilogy it is the second or third book that starts to hit you in the feels. Not the case this time. Between Pleysia, Bombax, and Arlingfant (Yeah some interesting names in this one. Well more than ususal) I got the feels. I disliked Pleysia at first but her confession later really turned my view around. Eh I'm sentimental. Bombax, poor Bombax. Made even worse by Aphenglows thoughts afterward. And of course Arlingfant, a
3.8 ☆It was interesting to read, but on those almost 500 pages not a lot have happened. Interesting but not so exciting. I will maybe read the rest of the series and maybe not. :I
It's a funny thing. Every time i reread sword of Shannarra i realize, yet again, that Terry Brooks writing is not, actually, that good. His language is archaic in a cumbersome (rather than beautiful) way. His characters tend to be - well, not one dimensional, but not three either. And the story line is almost blatantly predictable. But then,i think, why keep reading? Two utterly redeeming qualities: within the story line there are always surprises in either imaginative elements or how those
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