Reviews

Doomraga's Revenge by T.A. Barron

tommye's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

skyeblue1737's review against another edition

4.0

This story was great. The family drama was pretty sad, but it gave the characters more depth. I enjoyed reading about the history of Avalon from the Great Tree series.

hickorynut's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book disappointed me compared to the rest of the series I've read. It felt very unnecessary and unrealistic to what I expected from the characters. They knew their evil rival was once again loose in their world but decided repeatedly that the darkness spreading was not related to him. Their entire world is dissolving into the same darkness and chaos they spent fighting through the first six books and instead of the characters acknowledging that and continuing the journey, they pretend it's not happening and turn their backs. It just felt very off compared to the first six books and also left on a cliffhanger right before a big final battle which is also unusual for this series. Typically each book wraps up a small period of time quickly but this felt like it dragged on while very little actually happened directly to the characters. I'm hoping the next book regains some of the ground that this one lost.

elderkinhv's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

justine_h's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

samcarlin's review against another edition

3.0

I love the Merlin stories, but not a lot happened in this one and it felt very short.

tannik03's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

etienne02's review against another edition

2.0

Cette série me déçoit de plus en plus et je suis pourtant déterminé à la mener à terme. Le ton très infantile, les nombreuses répétitions, la lenteur, les dialogues vides, la présence de l’élément magique toujours plus puissant et toujours au bon moment, ainsi que la trop faible présence de Merlin dans une série qui porte pourtant son nom, tous ces éléments font que mon intérêt diminue de tome en tome récemment. Puisqu’il s’agit d’une série jeunesse, je lui pardonne et j’accepte certaines failles, mais il commence à en avoir beaucoup.
C’est une série séparée en cycles, trois je crois, le premier cycle fonctionnait relativement bien, mais dans celui-ci, tout tourne beaucoup autour du dragon et tout semble plus grossier, moins peaufiner, plus facile et j’avoue être déçu. J’espère que le troisième et dernier cycle saura rattraper le tout et conclure en beauté, parce que pour le moment… c’est une série qui manque d’éclat!