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Jimmy the Hand (Legends of the Riftwar #3)
Jimmy the Hand, boy thief of Krondor, lived in the shadows of the city. The sewers were his byways and a flea-ridden, rat-infested cellar his home. Although gifted beyond his peers, he was still but a nimble street urchin, a pickpocket with potential. Until the day he met Prince Arutha.
Aiding the Prince in his rescue of Princess Anita from imprisonment by Duke Guy du Ba
...morePaperback, 384 pages
Published
July 29th 2008
by Eos
(first published 2003)
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• Jimmy The Hand (A Riftwar Legend) by Raymond E. Feist & Steve Sterling, Voyager, Harper Collins.
368 pps, 18 Chaps & Epilogue, 110,000 words.
Story based on one of the minor characters from the Riftwar series set on another world and another time, as opposed to Earth. Jimmy is a thief by profession due to being an orphan in a city without welfare care. He performs an act of heroism which makes him the target of the boss of the criminal fraternity and results in him being exiled on th...more
368 pps, 18 Chaps & Epilogue, 110,000 words.
Story based on one of the minor characters from the Riftwar series set on another world and another time, as opposed to Earth. Jimmy is a thief by profession due to being an orphan in a city without welfare care. He performs an act of heroism which makes him the target of the boss of the criminal fraternity and results in him being exiled on th...more
Well written, fast-paced and individual characters. I am not a big Feist fan but after some time away I've read a couple of his recently that I liked and Sterling has been one of my favorite authors for some time. The 'bad guys' are somewhat generic but not bad and the main characters are well done. It is a Riftworld book but can certainly be read as a standalone, though I'd have much preferred more of an ending rather than the 'riding off into new adventures' ending which it has.
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I'm not enjoying this as much as I thought I would. Jimmy is one of my favourite characters from the Riftwar Saga. This book, so far, though, doesn't have as much humour to it as I would expect of a story with Jimmy as the central charachter. It's also taking quite sometime for any sort of plot to take off. I don't know exactly where I am in the book because I was reading it on the Kindle, but I think I'm at least a third of the way through it and the central adventure of the book looks like...more
Jimmy the Hand is the third Rift war collaboration book (outside the Janny Wurts Empire series) that Feist wrote with different authors. This time the author is S. M. Sterling. Sterling is the author of Dies the Fire, the only other book I’ve read penned by him.
Overall, Jimmy the Hand is an OK read. I wouldn’t recommend it to friends, but I wouldn’t slap it out of their hands if they picked it up to read it either.
I thought the book would revolve chiefly around the exploi...more
Overall, Jimmy the Hand is an OK read. I wouldn’t recommend it to friends, but I wouldn’t slap it out of their hands if they picked it up to read it either.
I thought the book would revolve chiefly around the exploi...more
The best of the Legends of the Riftwar books, it tells the story of what happens to Jimmy the Hand after he helps rescue Prince Arutha and Princess Anita toward the tale end of Magician Apprentice. It's a reasonable solid story, helped out by the fact that Jimmy is a personal favorite character, although some of the writing/editing is a bit sloppy. For example, in the first chapter Jimmy is described as "He was a boy of unknown age - perhaps fourteen, perhaps sixteen, no one knew..." ...more
I have always thoroughly enjoyed Mr. Feist's work, but this seemed to be a very poor effort. Considering the power and complexity of the chracter 'Jimmy the Hand' and his important role in all of the Kondor books until the character's death, I was hoping for a little more. Maybe it was teaming with S.M. Stirling that didn't quite work, I don't know. (sigh) The first two books of the "Legends of the Riftwar" series, I highly recommend. I cannot do the same for this one.
Completely useless and clueless story from Feist's world. Too many words serve only as a cover that is supposed to hide the fact this story is too shallow. Would be probably okay as a short story, but fails hard as a novel. Don't bother unless you have to read everything ever written by Feist.
One of my favorite books. Jimmy the Hand is a great character and this just adds one more fantastic chapter to his interesting life.
No the best from Raymond Feist, but still an entertaining read.
Was an enjoyable read. With no tie in to the rest of the series, is certainly optional, and its always good to see a bit more of this great character. Would have been nice to see a little more connectivity with some of the other characters, Bram, Jarvis, Lorrie or Flora. Even reading it after everything else would have just added so much more to the series. Thats one of the things Feist is usually very good at and aside from Jimmy, it added no dimension to anyone else in the world of Midkemia
If you enjoyed the riftwar stuff then you'll like this. It isn't a perfect fit but fits more than well enough for me to enjoy.
Eric
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Recommends it for:
Feist fans
Recommended to Eric by:
Kevin Shult
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A passable fantasy novel, geared to Raymond Feist fans who will appreciate the origin story of the Jimmy the Hand character, who appears in other Riftwar books.
Note that Raymond Feist did not actually write this book. In the afterword he admits to only writing the rough outline of the story and giving it to S.M. Stirling to actually write. I only mention this because Stirling, unfortunately, is not as engaging a writer as Feist.
Note that Raymond Feist did not actually write this book. In the afterword he admits to only writing the rough outline of the story and giving it to S.M. Stirling to actually write. I only mention this because Stirling, unfortunately, is not as engaging a writer as Feist.
Surprisingly, I liked this final installment to the Riftwar Legends series. The characters of Jimmy the Hand and the various other teenagers like Flora, and the little kids like Rip's point of views were interesting to read. There was an interesting twist at the end, although I'm not sure I really had a lot of compassion for the Barron. Otherwise, definitely an interesting read.
This book is definitely geared for Feist fans, especially Jimmy fans.Unfortunately, unlike the previous two books of the Legends series, this collaborative piece didn't work so well.
The overall plot was not very engaging until the second half. While this is supposed to be Jimmy's first adventure, I somehow expected a little more involvement from the young thief.
The overall plot was not very engaging until the second half. While this is supposed to be Jimmy's first adventure, I somehow expected a little more involvement from the young thief.
Legends of the Riftwar is not a trilogy. It's three books that are co-authored by three different sci-fi authors with Feist. A fresh voice in each book, looking at events and characters that we may have overlooked. I really enjoyed Jimmy the Hand, in his early years. Some nice retro action as to how he became the man he did and still kept the character interesting.
I really enjoyed this story. It started where Jimmy finished rescuing Pricness Anita and led into what happened to him immediately after. It got you hooked and didn't want to put it down. I read the book in two days. I really like Feist's writing style and all of his books move along well.
I would recommend reading this book.
I would recommend reading this book.
This was a great book, by far the best of the series. This book contained just the right amount of suspense, magic, action, intrigue, heroes, and villians. I greatly enjoyed this book and look forward to both reading more of Feist's work and more of Stirling.
I love Raymond E. Feist books and I can see myself eventually reading them all, so yay. This book was extra special because it was about Jimmy the Hand! and I have a soft spot for Squire James.
I enjoyed this one the most out of the three books in this series. It had a more menacing tone than the others, and Jimmy is one of Fiest's best characters anyway, so no surprise.
The backstory to the greatest thief in the Kingdom.
In a few short years, Jimmy goes from whore's son to the most respected and talented thief in Kingdom history.
In a few short years, Jimmy goes from whore's son to the most respected and talented thief in Kingdom history.
Not happy with this. Too many gaps in the story, it just didn't flow well. And the storyline didn't really involve me, or do anything to me, really. Lacklustre.
A book about Jimmy the Hand! I loved it. Jimmy was always one of my favourite characters, although Arutha beat him hands down.
Good read ... good mystery ... good magic ... excellent way to keep fans entertained
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Raymond E. Feist was born Raymond E. Gonzales III, but took his adoptive step-fathers surname when his mother remarried Felix E. Feist. He graduated with a B.A. in Communication Arts with Honors in 1977 from the University of California at San Diego. During that year Feist had some ideas for a novel about a boy who would be a magician. He wrote the novel two years later, and it was published in 19...more
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