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Bezig met laden... Shaman's Crossing (origineel 2005; editie 2006)door Robin Hobb
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I really struggled with the first few chapters of this book, there was so much time spent on explaing how things worked, and I felt there was an explanation of how the soldier son thing worked at least once every chapter. I also felt there were a surprising amount of spelling errors and such, it just made the book feel a bit rushed. However as soon as Nevare ended up at the Academy things started flowing more nicely, and I felt that I actually started enjoying the story. So if you can get past the beginning it absolutely an enjoyable read. I have the next two books lying on my shelf, but I'm not sure if I'll be picking them up anytime soon. Robin Hobb is one of my all-time favorite authors but this is the first non-Realm of the Elderings book of hers I have read. All of her books are long but this felt long and I still wasn't sure what I thought of our protagonist come the end of the novel. He had a lot of admirable qualities about him but also a boatload of annoying ones. I felt the book was also uneven in pacing so my interest would ebb and flow throughout but I am interested enough to continue the trilogy. DNF 31% (chapter 7) I tried this book three times and I just have to admit to myself that I am never going to get to the end. I am just so so very disappointed and so bored. To be fair, the synopsis of this book didn't appeal to me to begin with. The only reason I gave it a try (and tried really hard) is because Realm of the Elderlings is my favourite series and Hobb's writing and character work is so good I thought it would be enough to get me through this even if I didn't like the plot. It would be enough if the characters were complex as they usually are in Hobb's works, but the only one that was so here was Nevare. Everyone else is so flat and unlikable or just flat and boring. I didn't finish this book so maybe they get a personality along the way, but I just don't care enough to get there. The first chapter was good and it was downhill from there. The writing is still good, but that is all that this book has going for it, unfortunately. Well, that and Nevare because he is somewhat interesting, but he isn't enough. All of Hobb's other books I've read have such an amazing cast of characters so this was really surprising in the worst way possible. The pacing is still very very slow, but maybe this wouldn't bother anyone that is interested in this plot. I just wasn't. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Serving his king during a time of realm expansion, nobleman's son Nevare Burvelle finds his promising career compromised by unexpected prejudice at the King's Cavalry Academy and the discovery that he is being rendered a pawn by the magical plains folk. By the author of the Farseer and Tawny Man series. Nevare Burvelle is the second son of a second son, destined from birth to carry a sword. The wealthy young noble will follow his father, newly made a lord by the King of Gernia, into the cavalry, training in the military arts at the elite King's Cavella Academy in the capital city of Old Thares. Bright and well-educated, an excellent horseman with an advantageous engagement, Nevare's future appears golden. But as his Academy instruction progresses, Nevare begins to realize that the road before him is far from straight. The old aristocracy looks down on him as the son of a "new noble" and, unprepared for the political and social maneuvering of the deeply competitive school and city, the young man finds himself entangled in a web of injustice, discrimination, and foul play. In addition, he is disquieted by his unconventional girl-cousin Epiny, who challenges his heretofore unwavering world view, and by the bizarre dreams that haunt his nights. For twenty years the King's cavalry has pushed across the grasslands, subduing and settling its nomads and claiming the territory in Gernia's name. Now they have driven as far as the Barrier Mountains, home to the Speck people, a quiet, forest-dwelling folk who retain the last vestiges of magic in a world that is rapidly becoming modernized. From childhood Nevare has been taught that the Specks are a primitive people to be pitied for their backward ways, and feared for their indigenous diseases, including the deadly Speck plague, which has ravaged the frontier towns and military outposts. The Dark Evening brings the carnival to Old Thares, and with it an unknown magic, and the first Specks Nevare has ever seen. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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After all of this, the book wasn't exactly bad and I have trouble rating it too poorly because it was both readable and had a cool resolution/setup. ( )