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Thinblade (2011)

by David A. Wells(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Alexander Publishing

series

Sovereign of the Seven Isles

review 1: This is the worst book I've read all year. Perhaps the worst I've read ever, I can't really remember. I stopped reading mid-chapter 8 because it got to the point where nothing in it brought me any enjoyment. In comparison, this makes Christopher Paolini's Eragon seem like the most creative work in decades.To recap, the dark lord that's been dead for 2000 years is awake, which triggers an ancient spell that tells literally everyone on the planet he's back. Aside from the main characters, nobody seems to care. The protagonist of the story, Alexander is already highly proficient at Magic, and weaponry. So is his entire family, except his older brother who dies on the first page. In fact his parents are masters in the art. Oh yeah, our hero just realized that he's the chosen o... morene, and heir to some lofty throne or whatever. He gets sat down by his entire family, and a few random dudes from around town so that they can explain he's the chosen one that has to defeat the dark lord. I am not exaggerating. This is the happenings within the first 3 chapters.By the fourth chapter we get a random POV chapter of the enemy who's just evil for no reason.There are healing potions.The characters aren't redeeming, and the situations are ridiculous. I really wanted to finish this to give an honest review. But it was painful. Truly, truly painful. None of the situations could ever happen naturally. It felt like it was written by a computer algorithm of every D&D game ever played. Nobody should read this. And to think there are 7 books in the series.
review 2: I don't know how else to describe this fantasy adventure other than: ASTOUNDING. I happened upon this gem while I was searching through hundreds of free, seemingly identical fantasy novels. I was immediately in love with the simple, straight-forward characters Wells brings to the table. Lucky is such a lovable Master Alchemist, who enjoys the simple things in life. Alexander takes aspects of a stereotypical hero, and at the same time he exemplifies the fragility of a regular person. All of the narrative was perfectly balanced between sensory detail and action. I could not pick a better fantasy novel to get lost in. I just wish I could have paid money to the author for such a fabulous job! less

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