Other Worlds' Rating: 5 out of 10 stars
The Sword of Shannara is often mentioned as classic fantasy. It is about a boy named Shea Ohmsford, who lives in his peaceful Shady Vale, a small community that is near perfection. However, that changes when one of the Warlock Lord's Skull Bearers brings the power of darkness comes looking for him.
This is your cut and dry, traditional farm-boy-gets/has-powers-that-enable-him-to-be-the-one-to-save-the-world-by-defeating-evil-overlord story. Frankly, I found this story rather generic. This would possibly be a good book to anyone who has never read another farm boy saves the world fantasy, but even then, it is lengthy, slow, and can be fairly hard to get through. This novel feels like it was simply written to jump on the Tolkien-Robert Jordan bandwagon, and frankly, this is a mediocre bandwagon book at best.
I probably wouldn't recommend this book unless you've read lots of Terry Brooks' other Shannara books and liked them. And even then, it might be a slower paced book than you're used to, so just prepare yourself (I know - I read a bunch of his other books before reading this one).
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