La Roca del Adiós

, #2

Hardcover, 731 pages

Spanish language

Published 2000 by Círculo de Lectores.

ISBN:
978-84-226-7946-2
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Ninguna imagen del infierno, ningún pasaje en sus libros sagrados, ni las advertencias de sus maestros podrían haber preparado a los miembros de la Liga del Pergamino sobre lo que les esperaba en las tierras de Osten Ard. Los relámpagos chisporroteaban a través del aire, los truenos rugían y las voces unidas de asesinos y víctimas se elevaban hacia los cielos como el balbuceo de los condenados. A pesar del viento y de las lluvias torrenciales, los incendios cortaban la oscuridad matando a muchos que se habían escondido tras recias puertas, escapando a la locura que imperaba en el exterior.

La guerra había comenzado y el azote de su crueldad amenaza con poner de rodillas a todos aquellos que opusiesen resistencia. Bajo el influjo del nefasto y cruel Ineluki, el Señor de la Tormenta, había surgido un poder alimentado por todas las fuerzas del mal. Pero la voluntad de …

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Very well executed creative writing 101, with ideas stolen from all over the place. It would be entertaining if one didn't know absolutely all of the tropes. Unfortunately for Williams, I know them.

reviewed The Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams (Memory, Sorrow and Thorn, #2)

Review of 'The Stone of Farewell' on 'Goodreads'

This book took me forever to read. It was good enough that I could not abandon it completely, but the endless descriptions, pages of details that were ho-hum and slow moving plot kept me from staying up all night to finish it, as is my wont with many fantasy novels, until the last 100 pages, when it got really good.
Why read it? Well, there is an erudite troll, and several interesting female characters including a believable, strong-minded princesses who manage to successfully be human and heroines. In fact, that is one of the best things about this series is that the characters are much more real and flawed than one might normally find in a heroic fantasy. And I do recommend to any fantasy reader.

The downsides might be that there is a Christian, black and white division between good and evil that makes it a bit old-fashioned. There …

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