Incredible story telling. Looking forward to starting the last of the trilogy. ( )

Voor mij is het weer 5 sterren. Eigenlijk vanwege hetzelfde als wat ik bij deel 1 schreef en ook bij de volgende delen zal schrijven. Het verhaal blijft ook na vele malen herlezen steengoed en de karakters blijven geloofwaardig en interessant. ( )

El infernal poder de Ineluki, el Rey de la Tormenta y jefe sitha no muerto, destruye el reino de Osten Ard y siembra un Mal contra el que no parece haber defensa. Sólo cuando el reino esté en posesión de las tres espadas de gran poder mágico, recobrará la paz, pero el camino a recorrer para reunirlas está sembrado de una maligna brujería muy difícil de superar. De este modo, los maltrechos restos del anteriormente glorioso ejército de Osten Ard huyen en búsqueda de un último refugio y punto de reunión: la Roca del Adiós, lugar envuelto en misterios y pesares.

Still want to punch most of the characters, but I think this book was all about personal fragility, and some general buttheadedness...
I love the audible version of this, very well read. Now to book 3.... ( )

Summary: Another solid volume of enjoyable fantasy fair. Nothing too bad and occassionally really good bits. But it's only half way through the story and I'm not sure I have another 1600 pages in me.

Standout feature: The scene where something is scratching at the door ...

Things I liked:

Atmospheric writing the scene where Rachel is hearing something scratching at the door but is afraid to open it. Makes me think Mr Williams is very good at doing little bits of atmospheric writing (reminds me of the bit in book one where simon is heading into the dungeons of hayholt).

Alien race written well: In this book I think he did some great work in illustrating the very different outlook the Sithi have one the world and differentiating one set of humanoids from another. This is often a challenge in the overly cliched fantasy genre so well done on that.

Things I think could have been improved:

Villains seem to do quite a bit of bwhahahhaha exposition. 'Your all doomed anyway so I'll tell you 15% of my evil plan' - e.g. 'Even now in the south one of your closest allies has been killed'. Seems a bit clumsy to me.

Story/plot ratio: I've read two fairly large books now and so far: i) I know the difference between the various characters; ii) I get the impression something is definately 'rotten in the state of denmark'. But substantially it feels like not a lot of the plot has been revealed and not a lot has really happened. It still feels very much like the pieces are being setup before the game. The reason this is a problem is that I'm not sure if I have another two books in me so the setup may have cost me the resolution.


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