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Better than expected! The messiah figure is fascinating because she has the power to compel people to do things and heal things, but at the same time she is human or at least has an intriguing relationship to her humanness. I was completely taken with how complex the assassin character is, and I like the allusions to the ancient ruins that seem like New York City.One big question I have: what's the point of Carisman? He was magical, but it wasn't really explained how or what his magic was, and t...
The Druid of Shannara by Terry Brooks is the second book of the Heritage of Shannara series set in the Shannara universe. This book deals with four characters journey to deal with the threat posed to the world by Uhl Belk a stone spirit who wants to change the whole world to stone. The first of the character is Quickening who is a the elemental daughter of the king of the silver river. As such she has great magic but was created fully formed for a purpose. The second of the four main characters
The Heritage of Shannara quartet of books continues with The Druid of Shannara. As the book begins, the King of the Silver River is reflecting on the events of the previous book. The King of the Silver River is a powerful “fairy spirit” that is sort of a minor god/angel that was assigned by the Word (the God of the Shannara universe) with governing over the area where he lives (in a caring for that part of the natural world sense, not a political sense). That area, the “Silver River” is in the F...
The offspring of Shannara have been tasked by Allanon with four quests that will aid in restoring the Four Lands. Walker Boh and Morgan Leah are tasked with recovering the Black Elfstone. With the aid of a beautiful elemental they will seek out to Stone King to recover it. Another outstanding and gripping tale by Brooks.
The second book in the Heritage of Shannara series, the Druid of Shannara encompasses the second quest in this series, the quest of Walker Boe and the search for the Black Elfstone. This novel lived up to the promise that the first novel in this series created. It was fast paced with great new characters and a wonderful story full of tension and twists. The introduction of Quickening, the daughter of the King of the Silver River, starts the tale as she goes out into the world and encounters the
A bit weaker than the previous book, but still as good as Terry Brooks can get it. Really like his language. Smooth, easily read and very vivid.
The Druid of Shannara focuses on Walker Boh this time. We didn't really get to know him very well in the first book in this series and I wasn't sure I wanted to read an entire novel that centered around him as the main character. Then when he lost his arm, I wasn't sure how this story was all going to turn it or if I was going to end up like Walked Boh any more than I did at the beginning of the tale. How can he be a druid with only one arm? But, in the end, I found that I did enjoy reading abou...
Maybe I'm just getting a little burnt-out on the Shannara books, 'cause I've been reading so many of them now that the show's come out (and I'm still praying that MTV renews it for a second season, 'cause it's a hell of about time they have something worth watching other than Teen Wolf.) But I feel like every Shannara book I read now ends up being a bit more of the same. Case in point with this book, which repeats a storytelling tactic that showed up in one of the earlier Shannara books - not ex...
Enjoyed the book, but I can see the elements of his characters worrying about each other too much and not enough action blooming in this book. These are heavily present in his later books and bother me alot.Also, this book is way more dragged out than it needed to be and compared to the earlier books in the series. The same points are made over and over, and there is alot of time with the characters talking to each other without much content instead of moving forward on their adventure.
Awe. Some. Book.The character progression is so captivating and perfect.This is was book 16 for me (I'm reading chronologically) and it may be my favourite book so far. I'm so glad the story continues for two more books!
One of the best Shannara books for sure. A true adventure fantasy. I was already losing hope that Brooks has just degenerated into generic fantasy, but this book really stands out on it's own. A little bit of doubt, soul searching, interesting characters and the big picture coming together. Still "young adult" friendly, but not as naive.
I really struggled with this one, and it took me a month to get through. This novel had serious pacing issues. The beginning and the end were both pretty good, but the middle dragged, and I found myself heavily skim reading just to get through it.I do have issues with the Shanara books in general. They are all pretty samey, and the original novel especially feels like a rip off of LOTR. The previous novel was actually pretty enjoyable and built up a fun cast of characters, and I had been looking...
Book #15/29 in my Epic Shannara Quest. A unique and very well-written entry into the Shannara legend.This one chronicles the quest of Walker Boh to restore Paranor and the Druids to the Four Lands. Great characters and exciting action make for a splendid read. The character of Carisman the tunesmith did not make sense to me, but he was entertaining. The interludes of the trials of the other children of Shannara are thankfully few, but the overall stucture of this saga is quite effective.Brooks h...
There are druids, people with magic, magic swords, and a young woman who was never born. The woman has a quality about her. When she asks each person to go on a quest with her, they all follow.There are many adventures in this quest for the elf stones. And the finding and getting away with the stones takes a toll on their group. Several do not survive.
2020 reread: Funny how I experience the books way different than the first time I read them. That's why I love Goodreads, so I can read my previous thoughts! I still think this is a great book, I wouldn't say now that this is one of my favourites but that's probably because I've read all 35(36?) now. It's pretty action packed actually. Loved the introduction of the characters Quickening and Horner Dees. Pe Ell was a little annoying to me, lol. 2016 read: One of my favourites in the series! It's
While not as good as The Scions of Shannara, the first entry in the Heritage of Shannara quadrilogy, The Druid of Shannara (#2 of the series) had some great moments and an interesting overall plot. I enjoyed the new characters it introduced and the ultimate battle with the Stone King and his minions was very satisfying. That being said, it left a lot to be desired.Druid is a continuation of the overall story arch started in Scions. In the first book, Par, Col, and Wren Olhmsford along with Walke...
The first half just seemed all build-up while the second half seemed to rush along.
2 stars? 3 stars? 2.5? I dont know man, these books have such a terrible problem of "telling" instead of "showing" and it gets so frustrating to read sometimes. The first third or so was good enough to hook me and keep me for a while but then the quest adventure starts and its like blah blah blah...End was good, though. And the characterization / development of Walker Boh is what really carries the stars for me.
My first re-read of this book since I first read it the week it was released 25-30 years ago.It essentially a quest book where we have Walker Boh (along with Morgan Leah, Quickening, Pe Ell and a few more adventurers) searching for the Black Elfstone in order to restore Paranor and the Druids to the Four Lands. It's got some decent characters and I did enjoy the book but found the pacing a little hard to deal with.
Love this whole series.