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A review by rkking
A Darkness At Sethanon by Raymond E. Feist
4.0
The finale to the Riftwar Cycle (though just barely beginning the Riftwar Saga as a whole, there's like 20 something books in this series!), A Darkness At Sethanon sees the culmination of what was built in the previous 3 books begin to show itself.
I'm rating it a 4 because of the parts I really enjoyed, but in reality it'd be a 3.5 because of the parts I found quite slow. This book is kind of split into two separate plots, one of Arutha/Jimmy & co, and one of Pug/Thomas/Macros on their journey to discover who/what the "Enemy" really is. The Pug/Thomas part of the story I enjoyed immensely, as it includes a lot of great world building & even a wonderfully described journey through time itself.
But, although I enjoy the characters of Arutha and Jimmy, their plot was a lot more tedious to me. I tried to enjoy it for what it was, and to some extent I'm sure I did, but really I just spent that time waiting for the story to return to Pug/Thomas.
Regardless, the two plots eventually converge, and it provided us quite an awesome showdown/finale to this part of the saga.
I for one will return to this world in its future books, mainly to see more of Macros the Black...
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I'm rating it a 4 because of the parts I really enjoyed, but in reality it'd be a 3.5 because of the parts I found quite slow. This book is kind of split into two separate plots, one of Arutha/Jimmy & co, and one of Pug/Thomas/Macros on their journey to discover who/what the "Enemy" really is. The Pug/Thomas part of the story I enjoyed immensely, as it includes a lot of great world building & even a wonderfully described journey through time itself.
But, although I enjoy the characters of Arutha and Jimmy, their plot was a lot more tedious to me. I tried to enjoy it for what it was, and to some extent I'm sure I did, but really I just spent that time waiting for the story to return to Pug/Thomas.
Regardless, the two plots eventually converge, and it provided us quite an awesome showdown/finale to this part of the saga.
I for one will return to this world in its future books, mainly to see more of Macros the Black...
Join the RK King readers' list for an exclusive FREE short story, plus inside info, musings, promos and more: RK King Writes