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Title | : | The Elfstones of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy #2) |
Author | : | Terry Brooks |
Book Format | : | Audio Cassette |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 23 pages |
Published | : | 2003 by Books on Tape (first published July 12th 1982) |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction |
Terry Brooks
Audio Cassette | Pages: 23 pages Rating: 3.97 | 63109 Users | 1586 Reviews
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Ancient Evil threatens the Elves: The ancient tree created by long-lost Elven magic, is dying. When Wil Ohmsford is summoned to guard the Amberle on a perilous quest to gather a new seed for a new tree, he is faced with the Reaper, the most fearsome of all Demons. And Wil is without power to control them....Read by Scott Brick.
15 audiocassettes (90 min. each) : analog, Dolby processed.
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Original Title: | The Elfstones of Shannara |
ISBN: | 0736693416 (ISBN13: 9780736693417) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | The Original Shannara Trilogy #2, Shannara (Chronological Order) #11, Shannara (Publication Order) #2, Shannara - Terry's Suggested Order for New Readers #2 , more |
Characters: | Allanon, Amberle Elessedil, Ander Elessedil, The Dagda Mor, The Ellcrys, The Reaper, Stee Jans, Wil Ohmsford, Eretria, Eventine Elessedil |
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Ratings: 3.97 From 63109 Users | 1586 ReviewsCritique Based On Books The Elfstones of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy #2)
This book suffers from sequelitis30 December 2013 I have noticed that a lot of people have rated this book higher than the first simply on the basis that unlike the first book it is not a carbon copy of Lord of the Rings. This I will admit is true, it is not a carbon copy, but as far as I am concerned, it is still Lord of the Rings, and moreso, it suffers from what I call sequelitis. First, consider that the book has as its main character a young man (Wil, who is related to Flick, the hero of[1 Star] Starting off 2016 with a bang. I hope that's not indicative of how this year will go for me. This book is definitely not for me. At first, I was intrigued. The world was cool enough. The story, promising. But soon I started to like the book less and less as I read it. The writing was not for me. It is insanely repetitive. The same story is told over and over and over. The same story is told over and over and over. The foreshadowing is clunky and blatant. Watch out! This character has
This was so much better than book one, but I still didn't love it. I do think it'll be translated well into a television show and I'm looking forward to seeing how it's adapted. Unfortunately I do think this will be the last Terry Brooks book I read. It wasn't a terrible read and I actually enjoyed the story! I just don't think his writing style is for me.
Thank the lord that's over....Just watch the show. Seriously.
Every bit as fascinating, fantastical and phenomenal as the first book!I was initially disappointed that this did not feature the same characters from the first installment in the trilogy, and that we would not get to see how their lives had continued to develop after the close of the book. So much time had passed between the two, in fact, that this felt more like a companion novel than a continuation of the series.I soon forgot the prior adventure had even existed, however, as I was sucked into
This was so much better than book one, but I still didn't love it. I do think it'll be translated well into a television show and I'm looking forward to seeing how it's adapted. Unfortunately I do think this will be the last Terry Brooks book I read. It wasn't a terrible read and I actually enjoyed the story! I just don't think his writing style is for me.
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