Reviews

Silverthorn by Raymond E. Feist

wendel's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

‘All-boys-club’ going on a quest to find a magic herb to save ‘sleeping beauty’. Decent fantasy storytelling and world building. An enjoyable light read, as long as I keep my ‘inner raging feminist’ in check ;-)

goobdiddy's review against another edition

4.0

I took me a while to get into this series, but this one was definitely better than the first two books. An interesting villain, noble quest, etc. The next book in the series is already on order, so we'll what happens next..

dankolar's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

shornified's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

terrym10's review against another edition

4.0

I first read this book in 1993, and it helped me fall in love with the fantasy genre. I only vaguely remembered it however, so was able to enjoy it all over again. I like it the best out of the first three books and can’t wait to read the last of the series and then the many tie-in series. This book was all about magic. It had good elves, bad elves, magical creatures and a Princess poisoned on her wedding day. To save her, a great magician , Pug/Milamber, put her in limbo until the elusive Silverthorn plant could be obtained. It thankfully didn’t have many battle scenes, which I don’t enjoy reading very much. And I love the Elven forest under the ice at the end of the book. I hope the next book goes into more detail as I’m a sucker for elves, lol!

trudehell's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

3.75

The third book in the Riftwar Saga, and the weakest till now in my opinion. It is fast paced, but the story is much simpler and straight forward, as if Feist just had to get it over with. I found the two Magician books superior in many respects. But I do plan to perhaps read The Empire Trilogy later down the road. 

kiyajade's review against another edition

3.5

I didn't enjoy this quite as much as the first book, but Jimmy the Hand is by far one of my favourite characters. The scenes from his perspective in the first third of the book were excellent. The rest of the book meandered a little bit, though I'm looking forward to continuing in the final book.

mrbear's review against another edition

4.0

I actually enjoyed this more than the first two. More of the meta-plot progresses in this book, and while a number of the same writing quality issues persist, the story is intriguing enough to carry interest. Still only a “beach read” type of book, but I’m curious now to see how the series ends.

zainabsaba's review against another edition

adventurous

3.5

syringaflower's review against another edition

3.0

Ik kwam redelijk snel door het eerste deel van het boek, maar omdat het langer duurde om het tweede deel uit te lezen ben ik bepaalde details vergeten.

Uit herinnering is het eerste deel leuk en vlot, maar zodra het gedeelte met de ondoden en bovennatuurlijke begon was de snelheid er uit en vond ik het wat saai worden.
Veel van de actie scenes waren langdradig en ik was in die scenes de draad van het verhaal vaak kwijt.

De gedeeltes die Robbie volgden gingen vlotter dan de anderen en we worden geïntroduceerd aan een aantal nieuwe karakters, een is Gemina, het kind dat via haar gedachtes kan praten en het magische talent van William, die nu met dieren kan praten is onthult.

Mijn favoriete karakters zijn wat het verhaal interessant houdt. Voor alsnog zijn het Robbie en Martin.