Helpful Score: 1
Modesitt kicks off a new world series with this book. Like his other series, this book gives a lot of background into the political and economic structure of the world. In this book, the Collegium of Imagisle are the shadow protectors of their country...acting but not letting anyone outside the Collegium know the extent of the powers of the Imagers. So whatever they do, assassinations, must be disguised as accidents.
I loved this book (or "really liked it"). Like other Modesitt books, it begins by introducing an ordinary character and forcing him to ethically choose to become a hero. Supporting female characters are written well, though they are all infallible. Modesitt's never written his grieving characters very well, and at times the hero's actions seem to come out of nowhere.
This is a good book for an introduction to Modesitt's writing style. If you appreciate ethic/moral arguments in books that have legitimate society structures, I think you'll enjoy this book.
I loved this book (or "really liked it"). Like other Modesitt books, it begins by introducing an ordinary character and forcing him to ethically choose to become a hero. Supporting female characters are written well, though they are all infallible. Modesitt's never written his grieving characters very well, and at times the hero's actions seem to come out of nowhere.
This is a good book for an introduction to Modesitt's writing style. If you appreciate ethic/moral arguments in books that have legitimate society structures, I think you'll enjoy this book.
Another series by Modesitt.
I manfully made my way through this, but I don't plan on reading any more.
A world where Imagers exist; people who can "imagine" things into reality, or out of, depending. Follows a young man who is a painter who turns out to be an Imager and his trials and tribulations as he moves up the ranks.
2 things:
1-STOP the confounded preaching! This seemed to be a book on Modesitt's philosophy and world view. I don't care! Considering that this has been in other books of his, I decided that I didn't have to put up with it. It ruins the story and really bogs the plot down with dry, boring, irrelevant info that I, the reader, DON'T need or want to know.
2-I am sick of self-effacing, stoic, perfect people whose only problem seem to be that everybody else is keeping them back. The hero is smarter than everybody, more talented, harder working, more ethical, etc, etc and things "would have worked out if only -fill in the blank about Person X". The hero seems like a machine that would do better without actual people in their world. It might be intended as confidence, but it comes across as arrogance of the worst sort, the kind that thinks it is being humble.
So, to end this. Another Modesitt regurgitation that has no real originality and is blase and mediocre without the charm that makes Recluce semi-palatable.
I manfully made my way through this, but I don't plan on reading any more.
A world where Imagers exist; people who can "imagine" things into reality, or out of, depending. Follows a young man who is a painter who turns out to be an Imager and his trials and tribulations as he moves up the ranks.
2 things:
1-STOP the confounded preaching! This seemed to be a book on Modesitt's philosophy and world view. I don't care! Considering that this has been in other books of his, I decided that I didn't have to put up with it. It ruins the story and really bogs the plot down with dry, boring, irrelevant info that I, the reader, DON'T need or want to know.
2-I am sick of self-effacing, stoic, perfect people whose only problem seem to be that everybody else is keeping them back. The hero is smarter than everybody, more talented, harder working, more ethical, etc, etc and things "would have worked out if only -fill in the blank about Person X". The hero seems like a machine that would do better without actual people in their world. It might be intended as confidence, but it comes across as arrogance of the worst sort, the kind that thinks it is being humble.
So, to end this. Another Modesitt regurgitation that has no real originality and is blase and mediocre without the charm that makes Recluce semi-palatable.
A new Modesitt world. I really enjoyed this book. I have read it more than once. The next book "Imagers Challenge " is just as good. I cannot wait to read the third book called "Imagers Intrigue"
