Shaman's Crossing (Soldier Son, #1)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780060757625 (0060757620)
Publish date: September 1st 2005
Publisher: Voyager
Pages no: 577
Edition language: English
Series: The Soldier Son Trilogy (#1)
This was the first Robin Hobb book I have read. I'm torn on my rating. I really liked the story. It set up a great world and posed some very interesting issues. However, the main character is a major weakness in my mind. He is clearly incurious, arrogant, ignorant, and all around dull. He takes no r...
This is also very long - I struggled through it, however, because Robin Hobb is a really compelling writer.I was also under the illusion it was going to be about interesting things, an illusion that shattered when I hit Forest Mage.Basically it was at about this stage of my life that I realised neit...
There are some highlights in the book that suggest the world could be so much more interesting. The magic system of the plainsmen has a weakness against Iron but we don't really know what the source of the magic is (beyond a frog that can cause hallucinations). The Specks to the far west also show s...
There are some highlights in the book that suggest the world could be so much more interesting. The magic system of the plainsmen has a weakness against Iron but we don't really know what the source of the magic is (beyond a frog that can cause hallucinations). The Specks to the far west also show s...
There are some highlights in the book that suggest the world could be so much more interesting. The magic system of the plainsmen has a weakness against Iron but we don't really know what the source of the magic is (beyond a frog that can cause hallucinations). The Specks to the far west also show s...