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Originally Posted by Aldebaranian  I'm also no fan of Magnus', but there was one time when I felt he might just about sneak into my list of accepted characters. That time when Caleb was hurt in Kesh and Magnus decided to go pay a visit to Lims-Kragma. That bit was pretty good, and I was desperately hoping to at least get some characterisation, but he has just stayed shallow.
I do have a strong feeling this is indeed because of Feist's rushed writing lately. In the Riftwar, Serpentwar & also the Mistress of Empire books (which I didn't like but I seem to be seriously out of step with most people on that  he always spent enough time to create at least a few new figures that you would feel for (the Serpentwar was really excellent for that).
But the Conclave and Darkwar sagas have just generally been to rushed to let any such characters develop. I was quite hopeful when starting Flight of the Nighthawks, but it never worked out did it. In that respect these books read as if they are drafts where a few characters were tried but never worked out and then a new set come in etc. It is quite disappointing and it really stands out when you re-read a lot of books in rapid succession.
To me this was really the biggest disappointment of the last two series - inconsistencies rankles but I'll ignore those, but lack of characters to get invested in is much worse... |
I'm sure Mr Feist wont worry too much if you don't by any more of his books. Anyone would think you'd been forced to read the last 2 series! That's 7 or 8 books and it didn't dawn on you to stop reading on say the 3rd or 4th? You even admitted to re-reading them. So they can't be that bad then can they.
The thing is I'd put money on you buying the next series and you'll probably crit that aswell.