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veraann's review against another edition
2.0
It took me awhile to get through this one. I felt like it was a lot of sitting around talking about their plans and describing what they are going to do instead of reading about them doing things. I also felt like I was being told how clever someone was constantly. By the end of the book it started to grate on me. I will continue the series because I hear when the action gets started it is good. I also do want to see who is behind everything and why. There is enough interest left from that to read on for me.
django947's review
adventurous
funny
mysterious
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This was chill I really enjoyed this one looking forward to the 2nd one.
mrjspancakehouse's review against another edition
3.0
I'm really not sure how I want to rate this book. It feel short on so many things for me. It was slow, character names and relationships were explained so fast I had no idea who anyone truly was. For an adventure book it was decent, I enjoyed the politics & the relationships between the different races. The action and combat scenes were very inviting. The problem was not many, and they only lasted roughly 1 chapter each.
I do want to continue the Tamuli adventure simply to see what happens, however I just don't see myself doing that. There are many other series I know are quicker and I would enjoy more. I may return to book 2,3 eventually but i'll wait to find this in a used book store.
I do want to continue the Tamuli adventure simply to see what happens, however I just don't see myself doing that. There are many other series I know are quicker and I would enjoy more. I may return to book 2,3 eventually but i'll wait to find this in a used book store.
zurpel's review against another edition
5.0
Compared with what I've read in the recent past, this is a great piece of fantasy. Since I read quite a lot of YA-fantasy lately, I was getting quite sick of it, especially the love triangles.
Domes of Fire has mature main characters, not too much of romance but is humorous. I also quite liked Eddings' writing style and the narrator's style of reading the book.
It might have been preferable to start with the series that precedes this, but although I didn't do that, I could follow the story perfectly well (but I think I might have enjoyed it even more, had I known more about the references to the first series given here). I'll probably read the first series one day and I'll certainly continue this.
Domes of Fire has mature main characters, not too much of romance but is humorous. I also quite liked Eddings' writing style and the narrator's style of reading the book.
It might have been preferable to start with the series that precedes this, but although I didn't do that, I could follow the story perfectly well (but I think I might have enjoyed it even more, had I known more about the references to the first series given here). I'll probably read the first series one day and I'll certainly continue this.
mythea's review against another edition
2.0
This doesn't really feel like a book, it started with the expectation that I knew the characters and the world, (I didn't) it then was a journey toward an event - antagonist - that never really arrived. It's like reading chapter 6 in a 12 chapter book. It may be great when read in situ, but was a poor book to put on audible sale to draw people in.
e_j_cook's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
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
4.0
_aphrael_'s review against another edition
adventurous
funny
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
4.0
tessisreading2's review against another edition
4.0
David Eddings' books are comfort reading for me: I loved them as a teenager and I have been enjoying re-reading them now. Possibly due to his wife's uncredited co-authorship, the female characters are realistic and, while all of his characters are archetypes (and repeated ones at that: the characters of the Elenium/Tamuli echo the characters of the Belgariad, and the plots of each series tend to echo each other as well), the dialogue is fun and snappy, a readable mashup of medieval/modern. Eddings is occasionally a little too pleased with his own cleverness (why yes, I have read The Cherry Orchard, thanks) but it's a fun read nonetheless.
amibunk's review against another edition
3.0
Another reread.
Do the Sparhawk books deserve my rereads with their formulaic plots and overly pithy lines? Probably not, but I find something comforting about their predictability.
Do the Sparhawk books deserve my rereads with their formulaic plots and overly pithy lines? Probably not, but I find something comforting about their predictability.