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Regent Godsland Series Book 4 (2000)

by Brian Rathbone(Favorite Author)

3.94 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

series

The Balance of Power

review 1: Continuing the tale started in the first trilogy, but picking up more than a decade later. While jumping from persona to person, to see what is happening with each character when they are separated, can be a useful tool, it can be a nuisance and distraction when it is over used. At times this book felt like a soap opera, in the sense that most of the 'scene changes' were cliffhangers. It started to become more annoying than exciting.Aside from that, I enjoyed the book and am continuing the series. It's not something I find myself emotionally or even intellectually drawn into, but it is a good read.
review 2: I honestly have to say I was very disappointed in this book. It starts by jumping an unknown number of years (we knew Catrin WAS 15 and now suddenly she ha... mores a teenage-sounding son). The drama is overly drawn out and weighs the whole book, practically drowning the story underneath. Every battle (and there's plenty of them) is Catrin experiencing "more power than ever before" and each strike against her is "feeling like her soul was being torn apart". And the use of power has become unrealistic. The powers of the world are described well enough but are far outstripping the rate foreseeable, even with the jump in the timeline. So many suddenly have the "gift" of the power if Istra. If using that gift made Catrin so special as a heroine, Mr. Rathbone strips her of the very thing that made her special by handing it out all loosy-goosy. I can't remember the last time I rolled my eyes at a book. I was loathe to finish this book and then to find out there's more books to this series? I'm honestly not sure I won't pass it up. The first 3 are worth the read, it's just a shame it felt the need to keep going like THIS. less

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