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Faerie Tale is at times delightful urban fantasy and at other times heavy-handed and forced. I really liked it the first time I read it, several years ago, but upon re-reading it I’m forced to pay attention to its flaws as well as its fun parts.
My attraction to and enjoyment of Faerie Tale stems from the atmosphere that Feist creates and sustains through the entire book. The threat of the mischievous faeries to the…
Raymond E. Feist is probably among my favourite fantasy writers, simply because he's mastered the ability to create such realistic fantasy settings while still populating them with fantastic feats of magic. However, Rides a Dread Legion did not live up to my expectations for a new book in a new series of Feist's ever-expanding oeuvre.
A caveat: my experience with the Riftwar Cycle is spotty at best; I think I've read at least one book…
I tried and failed to read Haruki Murakami’s latest novel, so I wanted to fall back to something uncomplicated. Raymond E. Feist’s portrayal of women is at about the same level as Murakami, and his writing is definitely on the less complicated side—but if you know what you’re getting, King of Ashes will give it to you.
In yet another generic fantasy world, King of Ashes follows two main protagonists: Declan and Hatushaly (aka Hatu).…