NON SPOILER Opinions?
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NON SPOILER Opinions?
For those that have read the book - (I have not yet)
IS AATE:
BETTER THAN/EQUAL TO/WORSE THAN
Fatal Revenant?
That's ALL I want to know!!! No spoilers please!!!!!
IS AATE:
BETTER THAN/EQUAL TO/WORSE THAN
Fatal Revenant?
That's ALL I want to know!!! No spoilers please!!!!!
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I think I like this one the best of the Last Chrons so far.
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Ah, crap. How disappointing.dlbpharmd wrote:FR > ROTE > AATE
I tried to reread Runes in prep for this book, and couldn't finish it again. I got as far as the climb up the hill and Anele's story-while-kresh-are-attacking, and honestly got bored during this "exciting" sequence. If AATE is worse than that, I'm officially depressed.
Chapter 1 was good.
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AATE quality
Dear Wathers,
I think that this is at least as good as Runes and better than Fatal Revenant. Of course, take that with a grain of salt as I am not quite two chapters in yet.
I think that this is at least as good as Runes and better than Fatal Revenant. Of course, take that with a grain of salt as I am not quite two chapters in yet.
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Really liking it thus far. I think it has a quicker pace than the other books. However, that being said, I agree with inablackout where I can not seperate them. All the books are important, AATE wouldn't be nearly as awesome without the prep of FR, and it would all fall apart without RotE (which, incidently, I enjoyed as much as FR).
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I finished it on the train home today. I'm very surprised that Donaldson isn't using the same characters as before, and is telling a story about some little kid living on another planet taking care of a flower and meeting with a fox and a snake, and so forth. It seems such a departure from his usual Covenant books, and I was surprised by the illustrations as well. But the guy in the shop insisted this was the new Covenant book, so...yeah. I really enjoyed it though.
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You guys are terrible....Cagliostro wrote:In the movie version, I really hope a young Gene Wilder plays the fox. And gets a dance number.Orlion wrote:The meeting with the fox almost melted my icy heart
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Can't make a decison until I have read the whole book, then reread and then reread.
The question may be is that how does it fit into the scheme of the Third Chronicles?
I have to conclude that the timeline for the book spans only a few days since Garbo the Magicial Munching Eating Machine is up and doing his thing.
The question may be is that how does it fit into the scheme of the Third Chronicles?
I have to conclude that the timeline for the book spans only a few days since Garbo the Magicial Munching Eating Machine is up and doing his thing.
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AATE, then FR, then RotE as a distant third. I very much disliked RotE, but got around that mentally by telling myself that we're still following the rules of a trilogy here, and that Runes and Fatal Revenant are effectively the first book: laying out the foundations and getting everything set up for later.
Not quite halfway through AATE; right now I'd rate it behind FR, but ahead of ROTE.
All the ROTE hate is sorta surprising. When I first read it, I thought it was really slow, and "drier" than other TC novels. However, with 6 years and 2-3 rereads under my belt, I like it MUCH better now. I'm able to read it on its own merits and ground, rather than expectations that it be like another one of the books.
Trying hard to stay out of the spoiler threads for AATE....
All the ROTE hate is sorta surprising. When I first read it, I thought it was really slow, and "drier" than other TC novels. However, with 6 years and 2-3 rereads under my belt, I like it MUCH better now. I'm able to read it on its own merits and ground, rather than expectations that it be like another one of the books.
Trying hard to stay out of the spoiler threads for AATE....
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I agree. I think part of my initial dislike of ROTE (6 years ago) was:However, with 6 years and 2-3 rereads under my belt, I like it MUCH better now. I'm able to read it on its own merits and ground, rather than expectations that it be like another one of the books.
1) Linden as a weak central character
2) Some of the inaccuracies (eg, Stave's assertion that ur-viles didn't make more of their own kind)
3) time travel
4) A lost Staff of Law
Now when I read ROTE, I enjoy it for the good things in it, and just gloss over the things that irritate me.