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Outsorcerer's Apprentice (2014)

by Tom Holt(Favorite Author)

3.49 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1306964571 (ISBN13: 9781306964579)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Orbit

series

YouSpace

review 1: Was the first book I read. I didn't realize it was number three in the series. Couldn't get into it. I just didn't find his humor all that funny. I liked the Goblin King. Maybe if that character was the main character, instead of a seemingly endless interactions between random people that never really comes together in a compelling way, I would have liked the book more. I think Holt is one of those authors that you really like or just don't get. Unfortunately, I think I fall in the later camp.
review 2: Enjoyable enough. I was looking for something light and fluffy to read after finishing the not entirely peppy Last Policeman trilogy, and this more or less fit the bill, although it took me a while to get into it. I felt like the first 50-60 pages were all telli... moreng the same joke, only with each chapter starring a different character. I was impatient for people to meet up so the story could actually BEGIN. I also wasn't aware when I started this book that it was the third in a series, although I think it reads fine as a stand-alone. Still, some loose ends might not have bothered me so much if they were addressed in earlier books. (And this book does have some loose ends that I'm pretty sure weren't address in any prior books. Like the whole chapter with Yglaine the Elf. Why even have her if she's not going to come back? Surely we could have just started with John the Lawyer? Also, the soldiers were hard to picture and ultimately seemed pretty unnecessary, which was kind of a letdown.)I did like how most of the story wrapped up, although I wasn't crazy about the epilogue (of sorts). I also liked that the chief romance in this book is based on a mutual love for how to make money and run a good business. I could potentially try other books in this series -- there were parts of it that were pretty funny -- but I also don't feel any particular need to read them, either. less

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