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The Measure Of The Magic (2011)

by Terry Brooks(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0345484207 (ISBN13: 9780345484208)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Del Rey

series

Legends of Shannara

review 1: Pan is now the last bearer of the last black staff and the magic it holds. His life is in great danger from a demon who wants the staff and will kill anyone to get it. As Pan moves about with the staff he helps a princess who has been accused of murdering her own father. That accusation being made by her hateful stepmother. Pan is not sure how to use the staff but use it does, to save the lives of Phrynn, the princess and Pru, a friend and fellow tracker. By the end of the book he knows a fair bit more about the black staff and how it relates to him as the bearer though he still needs to discover what his real purpose is. I made the mistake of reading this book before Bearers of the Black Staff but it has enough background information it was pretty easy to fo... morellow.
review 2: It is quite a ways from the modern day world to the fantasy realm of Shannara. Through the Word and Void, Genesis of Shannara and Legends of Shannara series Terry Brooks attempts to relate how one led to the other throughout a series of events. Legends of Shannara is the last of the prequel series, and I am sorry to say it is not as good as the first two prequel series. The characters in it are less rounded, and the plot seems less well thought through. Terry Brooks has the tendency to write "the boy and the girl" did this and that, or walked here and there, and once I noticed it, I could not stop. In some passages it is used so many times that the characters lose depth by not being names somehow. Perhaps I am nitpicking here, but it annoyed me. The story in the other two prequels seemed believable and possible, which is part of what makes them so good. This series does not quite manage to go the distance in bridging between the two worlds though, which is a shame. less

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