This is just one more of my favorite books tortured to death by an awful narrator. If this book were a film would you go see it? Who might you have cast as narrator instead of John Lee?Īndrew Wincott. It has been decades since I read these books, and I didn't listen long enough to this audio version, to either make a decision, or remember any of the characters from the books. Not unless they re-recored them with a different, more capable narrator. In printed format, Yes, I would recommend this and the other books in the series. Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? I love fantasy and have read many, many books in this genre, but the more I read this book the more the story and characters just aggravated me to the point that I could barely finish it and when I did I was sorry that I had wasted my time. The author only tries to make one character, the hero, likable but even he is so full of self doubt and self blame that even he is not heroic. Even the whole goal of the book is to get the sword of Shannara and (spoiler alert) when he finally gets it instead of being the most powerful magic talisman of the lost ages it has no magic at all and does nothing. What was most disappointing about Terry Brooks’s story?Įvery quest in the story is a let down. If you took out all of the self doubt, unwarranted negativity, pointless arguing and overall mistrust among supposed friends in this book it would half as long. What disappointed you about The Scions of Shannara? Self doubt is the main trait of all the characters I can't wait to begin The Druid and follow it immediately with The Elf Queen. I always loved this series for the separate but equal storylines followed in the four books. It is inviting and at no point forces you out of the Four Lands. The narration is just right, neither dominating the tone nor detracting from the story. But, if you genuinely love Brooks's Shannara world with all its rich life and wonderfully familiar groups like the Leahs, Ohmsfords, Druids, Elves, Rock Trolls, Dwarves and all the familiar landscapes, lineages and a beautiful and reliable narrative with enough changes to stand apart from past series, then you owe it to yourself to listen to these books and immerse yourself in the stories.
Good on you and I hope it makes you feel smugly pleased with yourself. If you wish to pick apart some oft-used or too-familiar fantasy tropes in this series, you can certainly do so. I couldn't be more pleased with the results. Since I discovered Audible, I've been hoping this four book Heritage of Shannara series would receive the full, unabridged treatment (an abridged book is an appalling blasphemy). Some years later I discovered books on tape and my audio book life began. I didn't put the book down the entire drive. I've been a Brooks fan since I read Sword of Shannara at age 12 in 1991 on vacation.
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