The plot isn't complex, the characters aren't good, and no matter what anyone says he doesn't hold a candle to Tolkien. Although some of you might argue that the Tsurani are fully developed, they're still shown as the aggressor and irrationaly so.įeist's politics are simplistic at best. I might also add that the bad guys in Magician are very clearly Japanese (this seems to be a trend in eighties/nineties popular male fantasy writers think Eddings' Murgos, which are clearly Mongolian, and Gemmel's Nadir). An experienced writer delivering a solid effort. Talon of the Silver Hawk, while it is by no means brilliant, is at least a competently-written book. They fight, they make up, they never fight again. The relationship between Pug, Tomas and Roland was stupid and too drawn-out. His world is medieval England, with a touch of all-American goodness thrown in to make me want to vomit.

Somebody told me he wrote it when he was fifteen, and it shows. I've only read Magician and Talon of the Silver Hawk, and I have to say that Talon is a lot better than Magician. If a magician can crush armies and there are many magicians then why have armies. My one huge complaint about him is his over dependence on magic to solve problems. I think Feist has a way of writing politics and action scenes that grab the attention of the reader. All that sweet development and wonderful back story and it just felt as if it was all sliding away into the cliche super power magic fantasy book. I hated what Feist did in the last book, and the second half of the second. Even further I liked the whole magic concept in Apprentice, the rules and abilities balanced well to make the system seem real and a valid part of the world.

I loved the whole boar incident and how he became an apprentice. The way he portrayed the whole area around the keep and the keep itself was great. The secret for my liking it was in the details. I get sick of books that are all about instant wars and pure good and evil and this was a book that was all about the development of Pug the magician and I thought that was great. I always look for the character development and I thought he did a great job with Pug and Tomas. I was impressed with Feist in Magician Apprentice.

Raymond feist magician