RUTH F. (ruthy) reviewed on 8/8/2008 + 56 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 7

This series is written by a professional map-maker or cartographer. He definitely takes his story from the point of view of the landscape. He adds detailed maps to the books. The maps are good in case you get lost trying to find out where various parties of characters are in that world. I've read some reviews that say there are too many characters to keep up with - but I didn't find that to be so. His characters are well-developed for the most part. Some characters seem to have a hard time "finding themselves". Overall, I enjoyed reading this book. Since it is to a large extent a story of the world I was glad that there were frequent breaks in the reading and change over to different characters and where they were on the journey. It allowed me to take a breather. The usual inconsistencies are included - long trek in hostile lands with little to no access to food and water although there never seems to be pressing deprivation despite the lack of ability to carry supplies. Just a small thing.

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