Forest Mage

Forest Mage

Softcover
4.05

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The second book in The Soldier Son Trilogy, from the author of the bestselling Farseer, Liveship Traders and Tawny Man trilogies.The King's Cavalla Academy has been ravaged by the Speck plague. As the infirmary empties, Cadet Nevare Burvelle also prepares to journey home. Far from being a broken man, Nevare is hale and hearty after defeating his nemesis, Tree Woman, and freeing himself of the Speck magic that infected him and attempted to turn him against his own people.Yet his nights are still haunted by dreams of the voluptuous Tree Woman, dreams in which his Speck self betrays everything he holds dear in his waking life. Has the plague infected him in ways far more mysterious than the merely physical?Despite his fears, Nevare will journey back in full expectation of a jubilant homecoming and a reunion with his fiancée, Carsina. But his life is about to take a shocking turn, as the magic in his blood roars to life, a magic that seeks to destroy all he loves.

Book Information

Main Genre
Fantasy
Sub Genre
N/A
Format
Softcover
Pages
832
Price
16.50 €

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5

If you ever read a book by Robin Hobb, you know it is not her style to get to the point quickly. She is a master of developing characters, and she is not afraid of letting that take up as many pages as are needed. Here you just get Nevares viewpoint - which sometimes gets very frustrating because he is just soo dense! And he suffers so much! Similar to Shamans Crossing, he is always trying to do the right thing, but somehow that backfires. And then he suffers. I think he suffers even more than Fitz did, which is no easy feat. I will definitely read the 3rd book of this series and am exited to see where the story will take me.

4

Ich möchte nicht und muss doch!

Der sehr düstere, zum Teil schwer zu ertragene 2. Teil lehrte mich, einen Plot auszuhalten, dem ich eigentlich nicht folgen wollte. Eigentlich geht es Nevare, der Hauptfigur genau so, er versucht permanent dem zu entgehen, was sein Schicksal zu sein scheint. Gefangen zwischen 2 Welten kann er weder in der einen, noch in der anderen eine Bestimmung finden. Dies Hin und Her kann nur in einem Desaster enden, wird es aber trotz allen Vorzeichen dann doch nicht so glatt tun. Ich kann nicht sagen, dass ich dies Buch genossen habe, aber dafür ist es wohl auch nicht gedacht. Der Widerstand, den ich beim Lesen zum Teil empfand, ist vielleicht ein bisschen vergleichbar mit der Abneigung, die Nevare für sein Schicksal empfindet, was es irgendwie leichter machte, sich mit der Hauptfigur zu identifizieren. Hier fühlen und leiden wir mit. Die grosse Erzählkunst der Autorin schafft es dann doch wieder, dass ich den 3. Teil auch gleich lesen möchte. Lass das Spiel erneut beginnen.

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