Rise of a Merchant Prince (Serpentwar Saga)
 | von Raymond E. Feist
ISBN: 0380720876 |
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I rather enjoy Feist's writing (at least his style of writing, which apart from the sometimes atrocious dialogue is quite well done), and while this second book in the new series entertained me, I really don't think it was fantasy. Feist's previous novels were standard fantasy. This didn't seem like fantasy at all. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing (after all, I enjoyed Guy Gavriel Kay's Sarantine Mosaic), but in this case it was. Feist seems to be slapping together different eras of our world to make his own. In this one, the world Roo inhabits and makes his fortune in is like 18th or 19th century Europe without the gunpowder weapons and industrialisation. In other words, it can't exist on Midkemia in the Kingdom of Isles. It's out of place. The whole novel seemed like a strange failed experiment. Entertaining enough, but nothing special. It's probably better to stay away from this one.
Feist like he used to be.
Largely Entertaining.
Rise, continues the adventures of Roo and Erik after returning from their trip to Novindus.
With a strong warning from Duke James to remain silent about his experiences in Novindus -
as well as a sizeable bonus - Roo leaves His Highness' service
to begin finding his fortune. After a disasterous first venture in
Wine brokerage, Eoo finds himself in the cutthroat world of High Stakes commodity trading.
Meanwhile Erik joins Calis for another dangerous mission to
Novindus and the home of the Pantathian serpent people. Where
they find indications of yet another evil, and this one has begun
killing the serpents themselves?
Like SILVERTHORN in the first series, this book serves to widely
foreshadow, what is yet to come. Introducing several new charcters - Including Duke James 2 grown grandsons -
and catching us up on others, the book is a wonderfull adventure from beginning to end.
For me, I can't wait for Rage of a demon king to come out. Where Mr. Feist has
promised even more surprises.
A little slow-paced
After having just been introduced to Feist, I've only just read this book a while ago. It's a good read but has a huge change of pace from his usual books. Instead of focusing on the royals (ConDoins), he focuses on two ordinary people, Erik and Roo, who get caught up in the war. If you like your action fast, this is definitely not the book for you as it concentrates on stocks, bonds and the dealings of the business world in Krondor. It was interesting to see how business works in Krondor if not a little on the slow side. The characters are fairly interesting (esp. Calis) and there are some new ones such as Dash and Jimmy (James' grandsons). However, some characters don't really work such as Miranda.
All in all, not Feist's finest but certainly entertaining.
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