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The sun was already sinking into the deep green of the hills to the west of the valley, the red and gray-pink of its shadows touching the corners of the land, when Flick Ohmsford began his descent. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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Yes, the setup to Sword of Shanara seems awfully similar to Tolkien's epic. The similarities are too obvious to ignore, and the similarties go beyond--as another customer review noted--the whole good vs. evil thing. Here are some obvious examples.
Shea Ohmsford=Frodo Baggins; Flick Ohmsford=Samwise; Allanon=Gandalf; Balinor=Aragorn; Hendel=Gimli; Durin and Dayel=Legolas; Stenmin=Wormtongue; Orl Fane=Gollum; Skull Bearers=Nazgul; The Southland=The Shire; Tyrsis=Gondor; The Sword=The One Ring
All of this is moot of course if the tale can capture the attention of the reader. I really don't mind a book that borrows its structure and character types from another work if it can hold my attention. Also, to give Brooks credit, the similarites to Tolkien do start drifting away about halfway through. But how successfully does Sword capture its readers?
My main complaint, also voiced by another customer, is the lack of depth given to any of the characters. This lack of depth ultimately caused me to occasionally "drop out" of the text. At times I'd be reading attentively; other times I'd be fighting to make it through each sentence. We're told, for instance, that Durin and Dayel are elves from the Westwood, but neither truly come alive on the page. Remember how much Tolkien made us believe in his elves, through snippets of their language, their songs, their cadences, their idiosyncrasies? THIS is what Shanara lacks. I would have no idea that Durin and Dayel were elves except for the fact that Brooks has plainly stated so. Ditto for Hendel the dwarf. Ditto for Evantine, an elven king of such respect that his name will go down in history! I had no sense, upon finishing the book, of Evantine's true awe. Again, borrowing from another customer review, Brooks tells more than shows. I truly believe that half (probably more, actually) of what makes a fantasy book successful is its ability to create an alternate world so vividly that the reader must accept it and believe its reality. This is where Brooks falls a bit short. I wish he'd spend more time fleshing out his characters. As it stands now, nearly all his characters are one-dimensional and wooden. Allanon may be based on Gandalf, but he lacks Gandalf's "roundness."
There are points to praise, however. The plot is fairly straight-forward, a welcome relief after trying to fight my way through the myriad of convoluted plots and sub-plots of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time books. Also, the last 200 pages of Sword, dealing with the seige of Tyrsis and Shea's confrontation with the Warlock Lord are surprisingly well-done. I wish Brooks would've devoted as much time and detail to the rest of the novel. Lastly, Shea's confrontation with the Warlock Lord has an interesting twist that attempts to deconstruct the usually cliched "final battle" garbage that has become commonplace in so much fantasy.
If you're looking for an entertaining read and can handle the borrowed structures and paper-thin characterizations, I recommend this novel.
If you like epic fantasy then this book is for you, if you didn't like Lord of the Rings, then don't pick this one up.
Yes, I am a fan of Tolkien's work but I am quite prepared to read any fantasy novel trying to overlook possible parallels... Lesen Sie weiter...
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