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| Original Title: | Forest Mage |
| ISBN: | 0060757639 (ISBN13: 9780060757632) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Soldier Son #2 |
| Literary Awards: | Endeavour Award (2007) |
Robin Hobb
Hardcover | Pages: 718 pages Rating: 3.4 | 15898 Users | 507 Reviews
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| Title | : | Forest Mage (The Soldier Son #2) |
| Author | : | Robin Hobb |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 718 pages |
| Published | : | August 29th 2006 by Harper Voyager (first published 2006) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Epic Fantasy. Science Fiction Fantasy |
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The Barnes Noble Review Dark mysticism and primordial natural magic clash with the ever-expanding boundaries of the "civilized" world in the second volume of Robin Hobb's Soldier Son trilogy, Forest Mage. The sequel to 2005's Shaman's Crossing finds protagonist Nevare Burvelle -- the second son of a nobleman and destined for a career in the military -- with his world turned upside down. After surviving a plague that wiped out many of the students and instructors at the king's military academy, Nevare returns home for his brother's wedding, only to learn that he has been medically discharged from the school. The plague usually leaves its survivors skeletally thin, but Nevare, inexplicably, has begun to gain massive amounts of weight. With his family believing he's a glutton, Nevare is disowned by his father and eventually ends up finding work as a lowly cemetery guard in a frontier town near the border with the Specks, a race of dapple-skinned forest dwellers who possess powerful natural magic. But in a world where technology never stops advancing, can the Specks survive? And what does the suddenly bloated Nevare have to do with their struggle? Set in a sprawling, vividly described realm that is as majestic as it is menacing, and powered by some extremely topical themes (environmentalism, cultural homogenization, human rights, religious persecution, etc.), the Soldier Son trilogy is easily Hobb's most significant work to date. Incorporating elements of military fantasy, New Age spirituality, and political allegory, Forest Mage can be faulted only for suffering from a serious case of middle-volume syndrome: As the second installment of a trilogy, it lacks both a true beginning and a satisfactory ending. All will be forgotten, however, when the concluding volume (tentatively entitled Renegade Magic) of this unique and powerfully moving saga is released in 2007. Paul Goat AllenRating Epithetical Books Forest Mage (The Soldier Son #2)
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In Forest Mage, Robin Hobb presents an emotionally challenging journey, furthering the dramatic psychological context of The Soldier's Son Trilogy with a near endless series of perditions, forcing the odds-against hero of the first book, Navare, into the destiny-spiraling role of a misunderstood anti-hero, who walks the tightrope between two extremely different peoples and their conflicting interests in a sophisticated spin on 'going native in a time of war', with many obvious parallels to theAudio book by Recorded Books, read by John Keating. This could have been a LOT better. The story was great & the world is so unique, but Hobb repeats herself far too much. Why did I bother to read the first book when the entire story is laid out in this one? Why does she have to repeat the same reasoning over & over. Since the hero is an idiot anyway, it just gets old. The hero's intelligence is another issue. Yes, he is in denial & young. Yes, he was raised in a very controlled,
Robin Hobb is a favourite author of mine. This trilogy is good but not quite as good as her previous books.
Most of what I like about this book and Robin Hobb's writing I've already said in my review of the first book so I'll just link to that here. The beginning of that review still holds true.Just as the first book describes Nevare's journey or perhaps "coming of age" as a Soldier's Son in Cavalry school, this book might be described as a belated "coming of age" story where Nevare grows in a journey of "becoming" in regards to the Speck Magic that claims him.In some ways this does feel like a
I gave this 3, but it's a very weak 3 and briefly I was tempted to give it 2.Epiny and Spink are the only things that really save this book. Nevare is driving me up the wall with annoyance, because he is 1) so incredibly passive this entire book and 2) really not the brightest. I'm not going to say this is out of character for him, because he definitely had elements in the previous book, at least about the passivity. But it's taken it to a new level and really, there's only so much time I want
Ive been trying to read this for months and I just cant. I really wanted to read and love this but Im just not interested or invested anymore. Nothing will compare to my Fitzy and the Fool. Ill keep hold of my copies but I wont try reading them again for a while. I love Robin Hobb. But sometimes even your favourite author cant tick all you boxes. And thats ok. At the end of the day you are not going to love every book. Fingers crossed for the future.
Enjoyed this book almost as much as the first, though it did lag a bit at times.
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