Brent Weeks showed the SF/F world what he could do with his first books, the Night Angel trilogy. In The Black Prism, he keeps up that high standard. Prism is a different world than Night Angel, with a different magic system, and a whole different cast of characters and personalities.Prism gives us ...
Despite a premise that brings to mind an embodiment Magic: The Gathering, with crafters spewing brightly colored "luxin" like shaving cream from their fingers, The Black Prism turns out to be much more satisfying than that, if not quite to the level of the brilliant Night Angel Trilogy (See: The Way...
Sometimes, but rarely, novels come along with amazing new ideas that sweep readers away. The Black Prism is one such book. It features a great plot, intricate with great detail but still easy to follow; masterful world building (with one of the coolest magic systems I’ve ever read about) and believa...
Goodreads ratings annoy the hell out of me. I'd have given The Black Prism 3.5 stars to be honest.I enjoyed this book enough to want to read the second book when it comes out, but not enough to wail and gnash my teeth that I have to wait. :) Again, Weeks comes up with an interesting twist for his ...
'You gotta read this! No, really. C'mon, there's a maa-aap.'Yes, I am one of the sad saps who read to the end of the acknowledgements. OK, so I'm not entirely certain how I feel about some of the characters. But, I did feel rather attached to one in particular (and even him I'm not totally sure abou...
All I can say is "Wow." I hope the rest of the series lives up to the promise of this book, because it's awesome. Twists and turns. Not only was I surprised, I was surprised early and often. The readers who said they aren't sure who the good guys are -- I personally enjoy that. This book is fantasy,...
You know, I wanted to like this, I really did, but nope.I liked Gavin, and I liked the story of the brothers, I liked the black guard, and the concept of the book itself was great. I didn't like Karris but she was alright-ish.But... I hated Kip with a passion. On the first few chapters he seemed oka...
You know, I wanted to like this, I really did, but nope.I liked Gavin, and I liked the story of the brothers, I liked the black guard, and the concept of the book itself was great. I didn't like Karris but she was alright-ish.But... I hated Kip with a passion. On the first few chapters he seemed oka...
Fantasy Review BarnThis is one of those authors I’ve been meaning to catch up with for ages, and this finally got to the top of my to-read pile. The opening is snappy - short chapters, lots of action, plenty of background detail that just about stops short of info-dump and a magic system that has me...
I won a give-away for this book.If I am completely honest, I am not very excited about the book so far. I definitely like fantasy, and I can see how this book is very clever. But I just don't feel like picking up the book and continue reading. The main character, Kip, isn't very likeable and althoug...
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