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This series was my first experience with, some books I read as a kid are better left alone. I have REALLY fond memories of the magician apprentice. And it was
by bargl 8y ago
This series was my first experience with, some books I read as a kid are better left alone. I have REALLY fond memories of the magician apprentice. And it was really good at the time. But I've changed so much that when I went back to re-read it I didn't enjoy it at all. I had to stop so that I didn't change my perception of the rest of the series.
All that said this was an interesting article that puts a lot of the series in perspective. Thanks for sharing. I might pick up his new world and see how that one plays out.
- TillE 8y agoI've re-read the Magician trilogy a few times and read a lot of his other work. There are things to criticize for sure (eg, there's a specific coming-of-age pattern he uses for all his young male heroes), but of all the Tolkien imitators, I think Feist is easily one of the best story-tellers and world-builders.
- foreigner 8y agoI still love it :-). Sure it's not very complicated or deep, but it's wonderfully consistent and just makes me happy. I'll be passing it down to my own children soon.
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- projectramo 8y agoThe first rule of fantasy fiction: never reread what you liked when you were 13.
- acheron 8y agoWell, Tolkien holds up alright.
- projectramo 8y agoIt just feels so slow. It actually made me understand the need for the modern updates